Sukla: Good to know One can see this in west bengal it seems it is a volunteer, most likely not a planting by the civic authorities so there is hope that one could find other specimens if we were to look for it
thanks Usha di ps Sukla aren't you a member of this group? you could directly submit your specimen , trees stories with botany etc just a thought usha di On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:33 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding pl. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sukla Chanda <[email protected]> > Date: 16 January 2013 20:43 > Subject: Flora Picture of the year 2012 > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > Dear Gargji,****** > I’m sharing my Flora Picture of the year 2012.**** > These are male plant and male catkin and of *Salix tetrasperma* Roxb. > (Salicaceae). I have collected this plant just beside river Ganges in > Barrackpore Sheoraphully ferry ghat( station in river bank for launch and > boat), West Bengal. I have kind of funny experience with this plant. I > visited that place for 5-6 times in winter during 2005-2007. The place was > so dirty and it’s very bad smelling too. People around the ferry ghat were > surprisingly looked at me and even asked “why are you going in such a dirty > place for collecting that plants?” My simple answer could not satisfy them. > Then they had through their next question! "Is the plant has any > anti-cancerous property”. I said “no” and told them it’s other medicinal > value. They were little bit disappointed!! **** > Thanks & Regards,**** > Sukla**** > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2030 members & > 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
