Endophytic Fungal Diversity in Medicinal Plants of Western Ghats, India

Table 3

Diversity indices (𝐻¹) and species richness of the medicinal plants.

Monsoon					Winter
Plant species	Total isolates	Total species richness	Diversity indices		Total isolates	Total species richness	Diversity indices
			Simpson	Shannon			Simpson	Shannon
Tylophora asthmatica	314	19	0.90	2.60	143	7.0	0.78	1.66
Rubia cordifolia	191	9	0.86	2.05	72	6.0	0.79	1.62
Plumbago zeylanica	107	8	0.84	1.96	63	4	0.63	1.14
Phyllanthus amarus	172	14	0.87	2.29	107	11.0	0.89	2.27
Eryngium foetidum	117	9	0.77	1.68	47	6	0.75	1.53
Centella asiatica	123	8	0.83	1.88	45	6	0.76	1.57
Zingiber sp.	22	8	0.79	1.81	6	2	0.44	0.64