Garg ji, This is fantastic! Can any pictures of Sundari be shared with indiantreepix? Kind Regards Janaki Turaga
On 11/7/09, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Forwarding pl. > My best wishes for Shrikant Ingalhalikar ji and Narendra Page ji on behalf > of Indiantreepix for all the good work they are doing. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rameshwar Fugare <[email protected]> > Date: 2009/11/3 > Subject:Rare species of mangrove tree found along Sindhudurg coast > > > > Rare species of mangrove tree found along Sindhudurg coast Kalyani Sardesai > | TNN > Pune: > City-based amateur botanist and photographer Shrikant Ingalhalikar and > Narendra Page, a doctorate student of forest ecology from the Indian > Institute of Science, Bangalore, recently came across the Sundari > (Heritiera littoralis), a rare mangrove tree, along the Sindhudurg > coast. This is the first such recording of the tree in Maharashtra and > probably on the West coast, they said. > > The tree is also known > as the ‘looking-glass tree’, probably because the leaves are > silver-coated. It is found in large numbers in the Sundarbans in Bengal > and to a lesser degree at Bhitarkanika at the delta of the Mahanadi > river in Orissa. > > “This is an important find, and the forest > department must be made aware of this rare natural resource,” said > Ingalhalikar. “This is the first record in Maharashtra and may be the > only record of a living > specimen on the west coast. A century ago, a specimen of this tree was > reported on the Kali river at Karwar in north Karnataka. There is also > an old report from Kerala. In recent times the tree was believed to be > extinct on the west coast.” > > The duo say they have also found > four other species of rare mangrove trees in the adjoining areas of > Sindhudurg. “The Sindhudurg habitat also supports Xylocarpus granatum, > Cynometra iripa, Dolichandrone spathacea and Rhizophora apiculata. > These species exist in small, scattered populations in Goa and > Karnataka as well. This unusual diversity makes the coastal habitat of > Sindhudurg ecologically sensitive as it is very much the ‘hot spot’ for > rare mangrove species,” Ingalhalikar said. > > “Besides protecting > the mangrove forests, it is necessary to cultivate such rare species > for preservation of biodiversity,” he stressed. > A Sundari tree (Heritiera littoralis) > > Yahoo! India has a new look. 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