Mural flora of Kamrup district (Metro) in Assam has been studied and intensive survey and exploration of the district was undertaken for the past four years (2002-2006). One hundred one (101) species of angiosperms of which 78 species belong to Dicots and 14 species to Monocots were collected throughout the different seasons.

The paper deals with 11 taxa of Smilax L. and one species of Heterosmilax Kunth (Smilacaceae) from Assam. Smilax lanceifolia,S. aspericaulis, S. ocreata and S. zeylanica constitute additions to the flora of Assam. A key to the species, detailed description,illustrations, and ethnobotanical notes are provided for the species enumerated.

A comprehensive field study was carried out from 2011-2012 in the tea tribes distributed areas of southern region of Assam. The study was focused on medicinal plants used by the tribes settled in various tea gardens of Southern Assam. The tea tribe possesses empiric knowledge system on preventive and curative measures of different types of ailments. In this study 125 plants species belonging to 33 families were found. These plants are used to cure 25 various ailments comprising maximum species which are used for fever, sexual disease, liver troubles, jaundice, dysentery, high blood pressure, fracture, bone pain, body ache, cold and cough, gastric, constipation etc. Some of these plants are sometimes used as vegetables but they are unknown or less known to the outside people. However, due to urbanization and modernization the present generation of the tribal communities under study are loosing interest in indigenous knowledge on medicinal plant use and causing immense loss to the society at large.

The present communication deals with the observation on medicinal plants of Chandrapur area of Kamrup district of Assam. In this preliminary survey altogether 74 species of 67 genera from 42 families are recorded medicinal. The medicinal importance of the plants with their part used are enumerated in this paper.