It is wild in the Andamans from coastal to inland forests. It is very common in the Islands. Database as cited by you are not dependable very often.
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:10 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Tapas ji, > Is it cultivated & not wild in Andamans as it not shown in Cycads of > India<http://www.cycadsofindia.in/2011/10/cycad-diversity-in-india.html> as > well as in GRIN <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?12728> > ? > > > On 3 December 2013 23:23, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Please upload this photo. >> It is a rare photo of slices of seeds of Cycas rumphii relished by the >> Jarawas of the Andaman Islands as snacks after processing. Even they mix >> it up with fat of wild boar and take as a meal. >> > > > > -- > 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 (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2200 members & > 1,76,000 messages on 30/11/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
