Dear Tanay ji, I think both of you are spot on. Copying a link. Incidentally, we have a lot of it at our place here. After all it is the same Nilgiri biosphere. It does have a rhizome which even encircles a small stem like a coffee plant. Now the link with the pictures. http://www.google.co.in/images?q=Drynaria+quercifolia&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGGL_en___IN364&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=Sw38S4PyCIbQcfPSkOsB&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQsAQwAA Regards Yazdy. On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:46 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Drynaria quercifolia Is a fern found on trees mainly hope its correct please > validate > Tanay > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:43 PM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Looks like Drynaria quercifolia, a fern. A soup is prepared from the >> rhizomes and consumed as a health tonic as well as for treating joint >> pain. The rhizome is called in Tamil as 'Mudavattukkaal kizhangu' due to its >> shape like goat's leg. >> With regards >> >> R. Vijayasankar >> >> >> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> Kindly help to id this fern found abundant on large trees and rocks. >>> Location: Moist Deciduous forest; Mudumalai wls >>> Date: 02 May 2010 >>> >>> -- >>> Muthu Karthick, N >>> Junior Research Fellow >>> Care Earth Trust >>> Chennai - 61 >>> www.careearthtrust.org >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > > > -- > 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. >
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