Dillenia indica (called chalta in Bengali) are abundant in N.Bengal and Assam Forest, very much liked by the elephants. Once I saw W.B. Forest Dept. distributing the saplings free during the Vanomahotsab period (July?) . They have surely enough saplings in their nurseries.
On Nov 7, 12:03 am, mangala borkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, Some of these trees are at Lalbaug at Bangalore. > Borkar > > ________________________________ > From: Sanjeev Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, 6 November, 2008 10:18:20 AM > Subject: [indiantreepix:5757] Where can I find this tree > > Dear All, > I am astonished by the activity on this group. This is my first post here. > > I am from Hosur and I live close to the Denkanikotta forest area. This forms > the western stretches of eastern ghats. > > We will be starting a bio diversity survey in this area, which has a forest > cover of around 1200 sq km, with various types of forests. > > Our DFO is a keen botanist and is trying to re-introduce native species which > formed the diet of animals once upon a time. > > Recently he asked me to find out if we can get the Elephant apple tree > (Dillenia Indica). I would be much obliged if someone can help me procure > some saplings or seeds or any propogative material. We want to plant these > trees as food for elephants. The forests here are part of the Cauvery > Elephant reserve. > > Meanwhile I would be interested if anyone has had any success in controlling > Lantana. > > I will shortly post some pictures of trees to contribute to this wonderful > group. > Warm regards > Sanjeev > Hosur > Tamilnadu > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was once told by a plant scientist that he had success in > micropropagation of Shorea, but I did not find any published record. > May be the sapplings require some type mycorrizha or other microbes at > the early stage of develpment- this is a pure assumption > > On Nov 6, 8:42 pm, Barry Stock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I am curious as to what makes Sal so difficult to propagate, besides > > the short seed viability. I had a seedling here, and tried to keep it > > alive, but it would not be happy no matter what I did. Soil chemistry? > > > Barry Stock > > Hollywood, Florida, USA > > > On Nov 6, 2008, at 1:01 AM, Anand Kumar Bhatt wrote: > > > > The efforts to propagate the stately shaal (shorea robusta) under > > > whose shade Sidddhartha or Gautam Buddha was born, have been a > > > miserable failure.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > Visitwww.freedomthrougheducation.organdwww.roundtableindia.org > > Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab > nowhttp://in.promos.yahoo.com/address- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
