Nice write up & presentation, Sid ji. On 12 January 2012 19:34, Sid <[email protected]> wrote:
> Liana or tree? > > On a botanical trip around the foot hills of Kodikanal (near Madurai, > Tamilnadu) we came across the trunk of this huge liana. It looked like a > large coiled serpent slowly climbing into the canopy perching the branches > of other trees. Its huge trunk would have been at least a foot and a half > in diameter. Judging by the size of other individuals in that area and > general size of lianas, this one was amazing. My guess is that, this > liana-tree would be at least more than 200 years old. I was thrilled when I > thought of how many human generations would it have seen since it > germinated in that forest floor. How many important events in history would > have been recorded while this plant was an infant and entered youth. And > now she is still standing there healthy, proud, and as young as ever. I was > so lucky to have I met this old wise liana. She is a Gnetum ula. > > Sid. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1760 members & 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
