Natural Gum and Resin Bearing Plant Taxa in Telangana, India: A Qualitative Method of Data Collection

By : Sateesh Suthari, Omkar Kanneboyena, Avire Ramana Rao, E. Kiran, M. Tarakeswara Naidu, Sreeramulu Nallella

Page No: 153-166

Abstract
Natural resins, gums (NRGs) are the most extensively used and traded non-timber forest products (NTFPs) other than directly consumed products. The present field-based study reports the natural gum, resin and gum-resin yielding plants and the specific parts from which the products extract from plants by local people in Telangana, India. The result of the present report reveals ninety plant taxa belong to 63 genera and 23 families that predominated by Fabaceae with 36 plant taxa, followed by Malvaceae (12 spp.), Combretaceae, Anacardiaceae and Rubiaceae (5 spp. each), Arecaceae (Palmae) (4 spp.), and about thirteen families with single species each. Telangana is one of the most important contributors and collectors of NRGs from Firmiana simplex, Anogeissus latifolia, Cochlospermum religiosum and Boswellia serrata in India to generate maximum commerce. The present study outcome can be used by policy makers, scientific community, forest authorities and local people for bio-discovery of plant-based gums and resins sustainably.

Authors :
Sateesh Suthari : Centre for Floristic & Ethnobotanical Studies, Department of Botany, Vaagdevi Degree & PG College, Hanamkonda, Telangana, India.
Omkar Kanneboyena and Avire Ramana Rao : Department of Botany, Kakatiya Government College, Hanamkonda, Telangana, India.
E. Kiran : Department of Botany, Telangana University, Nizamabad, Telangana, India.
M. Tarakeswara Naidu : Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Sreeramulu Nallella : Department of Botany, Kakatiya Mahila Degree & PG College, Hanamkonda, Telangana, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2023.39.02.16