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ABSTRACT Balaram is situated in Banaskantha district of Gujarat. The district takes the name from the river Banas that flows through the district. The Banaskantha district as its name indicates consists of the territories situated on around the river Banas. Quantitative analysis was carried out of selected dominant fabaceae species in Balaram and its environs. For the enumeration of the fabaceae species systematic random sampling method was followed. For the enumeration of plants species sample plots of either 20 � 20 mts size for tree, 5 � 5 mts size for shrubs, climber and 1� 1 mt size for herbs were demarcated in different areas of Balaram. Ecological parameters like frequency, density and abundance were studied for the fabaceae species recorded in the sample plots. In herb species dominant due to their frequency are followed as Tephrosia purpuria (L.) Pers., Crotalaria burhia Buch. Ham., Indigofera spicata Forssk., Indigofera linnaei Ali. and Alysicarpus longifolius (Spreng.) Wight & Arn. Dominant species of the climber are Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC., Lablab purpurea (L.) Sweet. and Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. Dominant species of the tree species are Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. and dominant species of the shrub is Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth.