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Surveys were undertaken to explore the coastal plant diversity in Chavakkad Beach during 2018-19. The present investigation identified 131 species of plants belonging to 106 genera under 40 families. The flora showed ninety-one herbs, twelve shrubs, fifteen climbers and thirteen trees in the study area. The vegetation in Chavakkad Beach showed 3 endemic species, 1 vulnerable species, 39 weeds, 17 invasive, 62 medicinal and 34 exotic plants. Indigofera uniflora Buch. Ham. ex Roxb., Spermacoce hispida L. and Wedelia urticaefolia (Blume) DC. were the endemic plants and Agave vivipara L. were the vulnerable species found in the study area during the period of investigation. Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. ssp. pes-caprae Gamble, Spinifex littoreus (Burm. f.) Merr., Wollastonia biflora (L.) DC., Derris trifoliata Lour., Canavalia maritima (Aubl.) Thouars, Gisekia pharnaceoides L. and Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch. are the plants found near seashore in Chavakkad beach.
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