Vol. 3, Special Issue 3, Part D (2017)

Abstract
Yavatmal is one of the districts in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state. Yavatmal District is quite rich in angiosperm flora with many important plants. Karthikeyan and Anand Kumar studied ‘The Flora of Yavatmal district’ and others added some species to existing data. While preparing the electronic herbarium and digital database of dicot from Western Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, several field visits were made, during the study period from January 2014 to December 2016, two dicot taxa collected from Yavatmal district which fall under two different families which are new additions to the Flora of Yavatmal District viz. Salvadora persica L. (Salvadoraceae), Turnera ulmifolia L. (Turneraceae).