Thanks Rashida Ji this info was new for me
Tanay
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]>wrote:
> Excoecaria agallocha -Milky mangrove. I have taken these pictures a the
> Salim Ali Bird sanctuary,Goa, mangroves section, in Sep.2010. This is the
> only member of the Euphorbiaceae family associated with mangroves ( Ref:
> Godrej A symbiosis of Industry and nature, 2000, pg:91).
> It is a resilient mangrove species, does not have salt glands and aerial
> roots, and so technically it is a non-mangrove or mangrove
> associate species. It has adapted to its saline environment by a salt
> excretory mechanism known as gall formation. The network of perforated
> snake-like roots help to grip the less consolidated and eroding soils.The
> species has both male and female trees, female flowers produce pink
> berry-like fruits from a March to October. The above is male flowering with
> several catkin-like spikes.
>
> This is a poisonous plant and may cause blindness if the sap enters the
> eyes.However,the sap also has medicinal properties and is indigenously used
> in the treatment of rheumatism.
>
> regards,
> Rashida.
>
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