POTENTIAL ORNAMENTAL CLIMBERS FROM MEENACHIL TALUK OF KOTTAYAM DISTRICT, KERALA, INDIA

The present paper highlights the ornamental potentialities of 12 climbing species such as Abrus precatorius L., Asparagus racemosus Willd., Clitoria ternatea L., Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt, Hewittia malabarica (Linn.) Suresh, Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker-Gawl, Ipomea cairica (L.) Sweet, Ipomea pes-trigridis L., Merremia tridentata (L.) Hall., Merremia umbellata (L.) Hall., Passiflora edulis Sims and Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb. were collected from Meenachil Taluk of Kottayam district, Kerala, India.