Thanks Shnrikant ji for useful information
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting information Sir Thanks for Sharing > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Srikant ji for sharing the interesting and useful info on Tara > > tree. Can we see this tree in any part of Southern India. > > > > On Dec 5, 2:05 pm, "Shrikant Ingalhalikar" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> The fog harvester tree > >> > >> A few years back, on the occasion of World Environment Day Alan Garcia, > the president of Peru announced (to fight the global climate change) a > national reforestation campaign to plant 180 million trees in Peru. To > promote this campaign, the agricultural ministry of Peru announced a novel > event of breaking the world record of tree-planting on the World > Environment Day itself. The appeal encouraged volunteers from segments like > students, army, police and citizens to participate in this mega event. > >> In Tuman district on the north coast of Peru, thousands of pits were > made in the degraded area. Crates of tree-saplings were kept ready near the > pits. The event was flagged off at 10.15 am on June 5, 2010 and 8,000 > participants took up the race of tree-planting simultaneously. The spirited > teams broke the previous record of planting 26,422 trees in an hour set up > by Ireland in 2009. Peruvians finished with 27,166 trees and in just 5 > minutes and 20 seconds. Interestingly other previous records were in Mexico > (242 trees/min.) in 2008 and in India (176 trees/min.) in 2005. This is how > people of Peru triumphed against the global climate change, what an effort! > The jubilant plantation will serve as an education center for students and > industries. > >> The tree species used for this record plantation was the Tara tree > (Caesalpinia spinosa), the fond native of Peru. It is a small deciduous > tree with yellow, attractive looking fragrant flowers. It does not have > spines as the name suggests. The pods and the seeds are also colourful. > Tara tree grows in the valleys of Andes. Surprisingly forest surrounding > Pune has about 50 Tara trees. > >> Lima district in Peru is in the high mountains yet is devoid of > water. It receives barely 1.5 cm of rain annually. The Andean glaciers > which used to be the perennial source of water for Lima are drying out > fast. The hardy residents of Lima traditionally know of an innovative > source of little water to quench their thirst. A lot of fog rolls up the > mountains in Lima from the South Pacific Ocean year round. The Tara tree of > Peru not only survives in the arid habitats of Lima but is known to absorb > water from the fog. Droplets of water are formed on the Tara leaves and the > water drips down to the ground. In some fog harvesting farms large funnels > are placed below Tara trees to replenish the ground water. Amazingly it > provides a source of drinking water in the periods of scarcity. The fog > harvesting forests of Tara trees can suffice the water requirements of the > denizens of Lima in future. Well, fog harvesting is only the most vital use > of Tara trees. They have several economic uses. An extract produced from > the pods of Tara is known as ‘Tara Powder’. It is used in leather tanning, > food products, medicines, breweries and cosmetics. > >> ID credit to Dr. Vijaysankar Raman.Shrikant Ingalhalikar12 Varshanand > SocietyAnandnagar Sinhagad RoadPune 411 051.www.idsahyadri.comTel91 20 2435 > 0765.Fax 91 20 2438 9190. > >> > >> Tara_Flowers.jpg > >> 199KViewDownload > >> > >> Tara_Pods.jpg > >> 403KViewDownload > >> > >> Tara_tree.jpg > >> 614KViewDownload > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
