<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The flora of India is one of the richest in the world due to the wide range of climate, topology and habitat in the country . There are estimated to be over 18,000 species of flowering plants in India, which constitute some 6 - 7 percent of the total plant species in the world . India is home to more than 50,000 species of plants, including a variety of endemics . The use of plants as a source of medicines has been an integral part of life in India from the earliest times . There are more than 3000 Indian plant species officially documented as possessing great medicinal potential . India is divided into eight main floristic regions: Western Himalayas, Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Indus plain, Ganges plain, the Deccan, Malabar and the Andaman Islands . </P> <P> In 1992, around 7, 43,534 km of land in the country was under forests and 92 percent of that belongs to the government . Only 22.7 percent is forested compared to the recommended 33 percent of the National Forest Policy Resolution 1952 . Majority of it are broad - leaved deciduous trees which comprise one - sixth sal and one - tenth teak . Coniferous types are found in the northern high altitude regions and comprise pines, junipers and deodars . India's forest cover ranges from the tropical rainforest of the Andaman Islands, Western Ghats, and Northeast India to the coniferous forest of the Himalaya . Between these extremes lie the sal - dominated moist deciduous forest of eastern India; teak - dominated dry deciduous forest of central and southern India; and the babul - dominated thorn forest of the central Deccan and western Gangetic plain . Pine, fir, spruce, cedar, larch and cypress are the timber - yielding plants of which several also occur widely in the hilly regions of India </P>

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