Dear Ushadi ji, I am no expert, however, I have not seen any adverse results in my farm even after over 50 years of growing Casurina. Coffee and other plants are thriving in its proximity. I am not sure that erosion can be controlled though, by planting Casurina. Eucalyptus however I have heard, inhibits growth of other plants in its vicinity. Again, I have not seen any evidence of it at my farm. In fact the weeds grow luxuriously at its feet. The logical reason behind growing Casurina on the beaches may be because it leaves very little leaf litter, easier to keep it clean. This though is my conclusion, I am not aware of the reasons the authorities have opted for it on the beaches. I am afraid, I have not answered your question. Regards Yazdy.
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Its planted along river banks and we have some along Dhakuria lakes in > Kolkata... > > not allowed to photograph around the lake itself in Kolkata... it was > allowed when we were Calcutta !!! > > Soil erosion prevention is ostensibly the reason... but ..I remember > a conference many years ago in Calcutta that too many causarinas > ( just like a concentration of Gando Bawal (Prosopsis julifora) in > Gujarat and Aksahmoni tree, a eucalyptus in parts of West Bengal... > draw up a lot of water from the water table, which when very low is > far beyond the reach of native plants and trees... thus native flora > suffers .... there was osme small movement affot to prevent further > plantings... but I do not know what happened to the group that > started it... > > DOES ANY one here have any Information about that? > > > Usha di > ===== > > > > > On Aug 23, 9:09 am, Pinki <[email protected]> wrote: >> Casuarina equisitifolia..... >> Casuarina is the word taken from Cassowary, a bird, refers to the >> supposed resemblance of the twigs of the species to the plumage of >> bird), equisetifolia (“equinus”= horse, + “folium” = leaf, refers to >> the drooping twigs, which are suggestive of coarse horse hair) >> >> Alok >> >> On Aug 22, 12:24 am, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Respected members >> > kindly identify the tree with following specifications. I could not >> > photograph it well as it is a very tall tree amongst other trees. It has >> > thin leaves in bunches with whitish glassy shiny tips. they look like green >> > fibre glass whorls. The lowest branch had tiny red flowers all along. The >> > tree was full of round small berry like fruits. The spiny seeds(i think) >> > had >> > fallen down which I have photographed >> >> > Date/Time- August 2011 >> >> > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Pune Maharashtra >> >> > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Garden >> >> > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- tree >> >> > Height/Length- very tall >> >> > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green thin strips in bunches with shiny tips >> >> > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- small red flowers all along the >> > branch >> >> > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- woody hard seeds >> >> > Regards >> >> > Bhagyashri >> >> > aa.JPG >> > 212KViewDownload >> >> > 210820111564.jpg >> > 240KViewDownload
