Abstract

Memecylon talbotianum Brand., an endemic plant of Western Ghats, was found in the Western Ghats regions of
Karnataka. The plants were collected at Banajalaya of Sagara taluk and at Hidlumane falls of Hosanagara taluk,
Shimoga district. The plant has been studied, identified, and its taxonomic position was assigned, the herbarium
was prepared and preserved in the Department of Applied Botany, Kuvempu University. Simultaneously, the leaves
of the plants were analyzed for their elemental components and nutritional values. Among the macronutrients,
calcium was highest both in Banajalaya of Sagara and Hidlumane falls of Hosanagara, whereas phosphorous
was minimum at Banajalaya of Sagar and sodium was minimum at Hidlumane falls of Hosanagara samples.
The micronutrient value of iron was highest at both Hidlumane falls of Hosanagara and Banajalaya of Sagara
samples and copper was lowest at Banajalaya of Sagara and zinc was lowest at Hidlumane falls of Hosanagara
sample, respectively. The moisture was highest both at Banajalaya of Sagara and Hidlumane falls of Hosanagara
samples, whereas ash value was low at Banajalaya of Sagara and crude fat was low at Hidlumane falls of
Hosanagara sample among the different components of the nutritive values. The nutritive values ranged between
219.5 and 224.5 with an average of 221.66 at Banajalaya of Sagara and 223.5 and 241.5 with an average of
234.33 cal/100 g at Hidlumane falls of Hosanagara.