Sukla ji I am in the process of updating the blog and your picture will get included shortly. Interesting story indeed. In Pune city there is only one tree on the banks of the only river Mutha. Few years back one bridge was being erected very close to it. One of the botany Professor used to travel daily near this tree. One day he saw some men trying to chop the tree for construction of the bridge. He was disappointed and asked them whether they knew the importance of the tree. Obviously they didn't. He told them : If someone cuts this species the whole clan/Kul or family of the person gets destroyed. The men became afraid and shifted the digging process by some feet and the tree got saved and still stands tall very close to the bridge. I have shared the photographs on the forum earlier. Regards
Dr Satish Phadke On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:15 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Very well narrated incident, which everybody always faces. > Lovely shots too. > > > On 17 January 2013 10:33, 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'. >> > > > > -- > 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'. > > -- > > > > --
