Abstract

• Taxonomic study on ten species belonging to the family Fabaceae in Pauk Township was carried out. The flowering specimens were collected and identified from June 2019 to May 2020. Totally 8 genera were resulted. Five species are under the subfamily Caesalpinioideae and the other five species are under Papilionoideae. The caesalpiniaceous species are Bauhinia acuminata L., Bauhinia racemosa Lam., Parkinsonia aculeata L., Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb. and Senna hirsuta (L.) Irwin & Barneby. The papilionaceous species are Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub., Crotalaria striata DC., Dalbergia oliveri Gamble ex Prain, Erythrina microcarpa Koord. & Valeton and Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi. Among the study species, 6 species are trees, 2 species are shrubs and 2 species are herbaceous. The leaf types of 8 species are compound and the other 2 species are simple leaves. The taxonomic descriptions of each species were described with their respective figures. Myanmar name, English name and Flowering period have been mentioned. An artificial key to the genera and species were constructed. It is hoped that the present research will provide the valuable information for further studies and will support in teaching to the students.