The plant showing vivipary seems to me a Rhizophora sp. possibly R. mucronata
On Jan 5, 8:07 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > Lovely blog, Raghu ji. > Anyone on Id for the posted plants? > > 2009/1/5 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Thanks for the relevant information, Sibdas. > > Intention of querying was to check for any misunderstanding. > > Regards. > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:01 PM, figtree <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> India has about 4000 sq. km of Mangroves, about 50% of which falls in > >> Sundarbans, a sizeable chunk can be found in Gujarat (mainly in > >> Kuchchh area) and Andaman Nicobar Islands (gujarat and A&N= together > >> about 30%), rest mainly in Orissa (Mahanadi delta), Andhra Pradsh and > >> Maharastra ( Together about 15%). Scattered are some patches in Goa, > >> Kerala; TN and other places. Some claim more species diversity in > >> Gujarat than Sundarbans, others refute. Bangladesh has tha largest > >> mangrove tract. > > >> On Jan 5, 12:15 pm, "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hi Raghu, > > >> > Do I understand that your message says that mangroves are only found in > >> two > >> > places of India -- the Sunderbans and in Pichavaram ? > >> > OR am I missing some context? > > >> > Regards. > > >> > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > .... > > >> > > As we went deeper and deeper into the Pichavaram waters, (Chidambaram, > >> > > Chennai,Tamil Nadu) we could see clearly the mangroves. On enquiring > >> its > >> > > name, Ezhumalai rattled off the words "Rhizophora apiculata, > >> Rhizophora > >> > > muconata and avicennia" - the scientific name of these trees and > >> proceeded > >> > > to inform us that this type of vegetation could be found in only two > >> places > >> > > in India - the Sunderbans and in Pichavaram. And finally we were able > >> to get > >> > > a good look at the mangroves. Half submerged in water, it seemed to > >> rest as > >> > > if on its branches while the leaves looked green, shiny and rather > >> > > appealing. On closer inspection we noticed that the tree sprouts a > >> stem > >> > > which grows and embeds itself into the ground or should we say the > >> waters. > >> > > Just the way the branches of the banyan tree grow and pierce the > >> ground to > >> > > become roots below. No beginning and no end. That's what even the > >> mangroves > >> > > looked like. > > >> > > Travelogue and some more photographs on > > >> > >http://earthsublime.blogspot.com/2008/05/pichavaram-unique-ecosystem.. > >> .. > > >> > > May 23, 2008 > > >> > > Pichavaram , Chidambaram, Chennai,Tamil Nadu) > > >> > > ------------------------------ > >> > > Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it.< > >>http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_1/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/g...>- > >> Hide quoted text - > > >> > - Show quoted text - > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & > Fauna:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix)http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

