Thanks, Shrikant ji. A wonderful picture. Is it here that you first discovered 'Sundari' mangrove trees or Heritiera littoralis?
On 28 December 2010 12:35, Shrikant Ingalhalikar <[email protected]>wrote: > Dungoba Rai is a beautiful sacred groove located in Sindhudurg district of > Maharashtra. This may be the only coastal 'Devrai' and perhaps the only one > that has rare mangrove plants. Trees seen at the upstream end of the fresh > water are the precious 'Sundari' mangrove trees or Heritiera littoralis. > This is the only record on the western coast of the celebrated trees of the > Sunderbans of eastern India. Around 50 full grown trees with heavily > buttressed roots can be seen. They are known by the locals as 'Samudra > Kandol' very aptly (Sterculiaceae) because Sterculia villosa which grows > uphill is known as Kandol. Heritieras here have been flowering in July and > fruiting in latter part of the year. All the trees in Dungoba sacred forest > are protected by the locals. May God Dungoba bless the forest for the > ensuing centuries. > > Shrikant Ingalhalikar > 12 Varshanand Society > Anandnagar Sinhagad Road > Pune 411 051. www.idsahyadri.com > Tel 91 20 2435 0765. > Fax 91 20 2438 9190. > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline....@middle?> -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) 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 liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1475 members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 species on 30/11/10)
