Diversity and evenness of indigenous vegetables in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand

Abstract

Diversity and evenness of indigenous vegetables in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand were investigated. The field study of indigenous vegetables was conducted from January, 2018 to August, 2018. The Line Transect method in the scope of area 50 x 5000 meters for each district was surveyed. The result showed that the total kind of indigenous vegetables in 10 stations were found into 4 groups. The most abundance was the group of ground cover (62.834 %), the second group was shrub (15.843 %), the third group was climbing (12.304 %) the fourth was trees (4.516 %  and the last group was aquatic plants (4.501 %). The result showed that the taxonomy of indigenous vegetables was fond 139 species and 50 families. The result showed that the most fami of indigenous vegetables, and ground cover were Apiaceae, Asteraceae and Zingiberaceae (16.55, 6.302 and 6.062 %), respectively. The group of shrub are Musaceae, Leguminosae and Poaceae (3.075, 1.180 and 1.095 %), respectively. The group of climbing are Cucurbitaceae, Piperaceae and Rubiaceae (5.002, 1.086 and 1.032 %), respectively. The group of trees was Leguminosae, Arecaceae and Meliaceae (1.144, 0.481 and 0.288 %), respectively. The group of tree are Leguminosae, Arecaceae and Meliaceae (1.144, 0.481 and 0.288 %), respectively. The group of aquatic plants was Convolvulaceae, Araceae and Fabaceae (1.581, 1.393 and 0.732 %), respectively.