Rohit ji: what two climbers have established climbing co-habitation with the p. juliflora..???
Could you tell me? pl/ thanks usha di ====== On Oct 21, 11:02 am, Rohit Patel <[email protected]> wrote: > As the Kachchh district of Gujarat has the wide spread invasion of this > exotic species , *Prosopis juliflora* and it is well known among all. Seed > of this species was spread by "HELICOPTER" on the frieng of Rann (DESERT) to > combat its spread and also declared as "Royal Plant" during time of SMT. > INDIRA GANDHI". > > the important thing is that, during the last four year of field work in the > Kachchh and Saurashtra, i found that some indigenous species (specially > climbers) have been established good associated with Prosopis juliflora. > Among the two climber were reported as threatened. > > IN the case of local society, during the 3 year permission to make charcoal > from *Prosopis juliflora,* people of Kachchh made Charcoal of crores but the > important thing is that certain people have been identify some traditional > uses of various parts of *Prosopis juliflora* specially in their traditional > medicina; system. i am preparing one article on that and when it will get > published, i will forward to all of you. > > if any of us having such literature regarding to this, please send me for my > strong references work. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Beautiful photograph ! These are mine. > > With regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > --- On *Thu, 10/20/11, [email protected] <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: [efloraofindia:88775] Reptilian visitor on Prosopis juliflora > > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Shirin Panveliwala" <[email protected]>, "Hitendra Agrawal" < > > [email protected]> > > Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 11:21 PM > > > An Indian Chameleon ploughing through the barbed limbs of *Prosopis > > juliflora* at twilight. > > > Clicked in mid-July in a scrubland near Madanpura, Kachchh. Have never seen > > it on armed vegetation before and it did endure some abrasion. > > > Having read the following comment by Salim Ali, I faced *Prosopis > > juliflora* for any sign of bird-life but encountered a chameleon! > > > "In recent years *Prosopis juliflora* has been widely planted by the > > Forest Department in the barren salt-lands bordering the Rann as part of > > their desert reclamation programme. It has taken well, and now forms > > flourishing and extensive thickets here and there. Curiously enough, in > > spite of the shade it provides in a land where any shade is welcome and, * > > contra* its congener *P. spicigera*, this species is studiously avoided by > > birds of all kinds." - Salim Ali, September 1960 [A Bird's Eye View, vol. 1, > > pg. 387] > > > Best wishes, Viplav > > -- > PATEL ROHITKUMAR MANGALBHAI, M.Sc, *PhD* > ASSOCIATE FELLOW > GUJARAT INSTITUTE OF DESERT ECOLOGY > P.C.# 83, MUNDRA ROAD, > OPP., CHANGLESHWER TEMPLE > BHUJ-KACHCHH-370001 > GUJARAT, INDIA > E-MAIL (2): [email protected] > MO.NO.:- 09724337687
