Thank you Prashant. Regards, Ashwini On 08-Oct-2014, at 5:33 pm, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote:
> Beautiful photographs and informative post.. > Thanks for sharing.. > Regards > Prashant > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> > wrote: > Cedar is one of our most prized trees in the western Himalayas. We are > fortunate to still have pristine forests of these at higher altitudes in > Himachal Pradesh. Some of the trees are in 'flower' now. The pollen from > these small cones (from male tress) is deep powdery yellow which when > spreading coats everything in their vicinity. > > The Hindi name for the tree is Deodar meaning gods' wood referring to its > excellent wood which repels termites and other pests naturally. Cedar oil is > often used to coat other woods for protection against pests. > > Here are some pictures. > > Himalayan Cedar (Cedrus deodara) > 1750m, Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP > 08 October, 2014 > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > <_MG_3481_08Oct14.jpg><_MG_3484_08Oct14.jpg><_MG_3497_08Oct14phone.jpg><IMG_5803_08Oct14phone.jpg> > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
