Very nice picture Sheetal ji, great to get a good view of the roots, thanks for the same. May I know where was this taken?
regards, Rashida. On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:51 AM, sheetal chaudhari <[email protected]>wrote: > Please find attached pic of the roots of milky mangrove. > > Roots run along the ground surface and often knotted and covered with > lenticels. > > > > Regards, > > Sheetal Pachpande > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:18 AM, 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. >> > >
