Tree Diversity of Parimal Garden, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The Parimal Garden is situated in Ambavadi area in western part of Ahmedabad city, Gujarat state of India. Its legal name is “Pari Trikamlal Bhogilal Municipal Recreation Park.” This garden was established in the year 1960 and is located at 23 o 01’ 11” N, 72 o 33’ 21” E and at 155 ft above sea level. The nearest wellknown places are Gujarat College, Ambavadi Circle, Panchvati, etc. This garden is planned in a very natural way and beautified with water bodies which have lots of lotus flowers. The garden has benches (around 100 nos.) placed at strategic locations for relaxation. This garden has children’s play area as well as a fountain to enjoy. This garden is the most preferred place for morning walks. Yoga and laughter club enthusiasts find this place their heaven. Outside the garden, people can find vendors selling soups and juices. Parimal garden has actually three entry/exit points. As a part of corporate citizenship, this garden has been maintained jointly by Torrent Power Limited, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited and Lions Club-Ahmedabad. As known well, inventory of trees/species is an integral part of any floristic work. The authors have visited this garden a couple of times and were inspired to study tree species of this garden. Our goal and findings pertain to the study of different tree species present in this famous Parimal Garden. During our visits, we have taken a couple of snaps. The present paper deals with 36 tree species like Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L) sw.(Galtoro), Delonix regia (Bojer. ex Hook) Rafm. (Gulmohor), Ficus religiosa L. (Piplo), Ficus racemosa L. (Umaro), Plumeria rubra L. (Champo), Thevetia peruviana Pers K. Schum (Karen), etc. The collected plants were brought to the laboratory, identified and classified to their respective species level with the help of flora (Bhandari,1978; Cooke,1903-1908; Shah,1978 and Sutaria, 1941). The plant specimens were dried up with customary method and were mounted on herbarium sheets and labeled. Plants have been arranged alphabetically.
Keywords: Parimal garden, Ambavadi, Torrent, Lions club