An assessment of the invasive flora of Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kamrup District of Assam, India

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Invasive alien species are not only harmful both ecologically and economically.but also pose a serious threat to the native flora risking species extinction.However, some invasive species are being used by the people for a variety of purposes like medicine, vegetables, furniture and for meeting their daily livelihood requirements.In this paper, we document a total of 57 invasive species belonging to 49 genera of 22 families with their local names in Assamese, frequency of occurrence, and flowering and fruiting periods from Amchang wildlife sanctuary in Assam.Of these, 24 species are medicinally used and seven species are cooked as vegetables.This information generated from the field work is a manifestation of the contemporary traditional knowledge of people about the plant resources growing around them in the sanctuary.

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