Hi Mr.Garg, Concur. This is Entada rheedii. Regards, Neil.
--- On Wed, 5/12/10, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:34621] Trees sporting the summer look #15 of 15 | Climbing a Liana To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Cc: "raghu ananth" <[email protected]>, "satish phadke" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 3:02 PM Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback: “This is likely to be Entada rheedii from Family Fabaceae. The pods are huge may be 5-6 feet also. Dr Phadke” ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: raghu ananth <[email protected]> Date: 15 April 2010 14:02 Subject: [efloraofindia:32328] Trees sporting the summer look #15 of 15 | Climbing a Liana To: [email protected] Trees sporting the summer look #15 of 15 | Climbing a Liana Talakona, AP During the trek, I was thinking of taking some of the fallen seeds from the giant Liana back home and then planting it. :) I remembered a women selling the seeds near a stream along with Gooseberry and bela fruits. Later while returning back from the trek, I asked my guide Sriram, (staff, CEBT - community based eco tourism) about wanting to buy them from the seller and as to what would be the price. He said the seeds cost Rs. 30 per kg. But then he forbade me purchasing those seeds. Though we knew no common language and the conversation went on with the help of hand signals, by this time he had become my very good friend, a friend I knew since ages. He volunteered to walk hand in hand on those slippery rocks or the steps we encountered during trekking. He sometime used to murmur something or talk to himself. But then, I realized he was trying to recollect the tree and plant names. He would go somewhere among the rocks suddenly and bring back an orchid or some strange plant. Later back in the hut, after the day’s trek was over and feeling refreshed, I went to the giant Liana which I had myself discovered the previous day evening in the remote corner of the park. I wanted to photograph it again in the daylight. After sometime, Sriram came to the spot. He soon folded his pant. I then realized he was about to climb the liana. But I still wondered how was it possible to climb a woody vine. But he was an expert and knew the knack of climbing a Liana, which he did with calm, composed and ease. Soon he reached near the fruits on the top and pulled a few of them with a stick and climbed down. Please see the pics where the guide is climbing up and down the liana. Some college students, well dressed arrived at the scene. We stopped photographing and moved on. In contrast to Sriram they started to climb, pull, jump and swing on the Liana branches –young and old. He finds difficult to educate/warn the younger generation when they indulge in - climbing steep slippery rocks, diving into the water falls, shouting students. Generally speaking city dwellers can never be expected to be the custodians of Nature. Regards Raghu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
