Dear Pankaj sir and Ushadi ji, We were looking at the pollination ecology and the interaction of *Dendrophthoe falcata *with their host trees that grows in the canopy of KMTR, Tamil Nadu. We located a very different form of *D. falcata* (I will upload pictures of this little later) that grows only in the canopy of large trees in KMTR and quite interestingly, we foud that they grow only on two species of host trees (*Palaquim ellipticum* and *Ormosia travancorica*) that grows more than 15m height. We wanted to check whether they do any harm to the host tree since they are host specific in that habitat and co-exist or not. We didn't look at the medicinal property of the same. But I know that people in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are using some species of the mistletoes as medicinal plant.
Thanks and Regards, Giby On 21 April 2012 18:10, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Thank you Vijay, Balkar ji, Muthu ji, Satish ji, Ushadi ji, Pankaj ji, > Tanay ji, Gurcharan ji, Neil ji, Nidhan ji, Pankaj, Rajesh ji, > Harithasandhya, Dinesh and Garg ji for your encouraging comments. > Those who want to buy a copy of the book, please contact Mr.Ramesh at < > [email protected]>. At present it is available at ATREE Bangalore office > only. > > > Thanks and Regards, > Giby > > > > On 21 April 2012 16:30, JM Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Great!!! Congrats. >> >> >> On Friday, April 20, 2012 9:00:25 PM UTC+5:30, Giby Kuriakose wrote: >>> >>> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I am very glad to share with you a good news that the canopy research >>> work that I have done in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu >>> has been published as a chapter entitled "Mistletoes in the Wet Forest >>> Canopies: Friends or Foes" (Giby Kuriakose, R. Ganesan and M. Soubadra >>> Devi) in "Forest Canopies of South Asia-a glimpse" edited by M Soubadra >>> Devi, T. Ganesh and Amrita Tripathy (2012) published by ATREE, Bangalore. >>> It is not a highly technical research publication. >>> Please find attached herewith the cover page and contents of the book. >>> >>> I thank all of you for the constant support that encourages me a lot for >>> such productive works. >>> >>> >>> Thanks and regards, >>> Giby >>> >>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FYY4fapl_QI/T5F_yRbjiSI/AAAAAAAAA98/MVdG92KylB8/s1600/FinalCanopybook+contents_Page_1.jpg> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q-OnLuKvUjA/T5F_1o-PErI/AAAAAAAAA-I/TYjWMZhlJck/s1600/FinalCanopybook+contents_Page_2.jpg> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KtHqANUcDuY/T5F_o-KSJGI/AAAAAAAAA9w/h3WtNHyy60Y/s1600/FinalCanopybook+cover+page.jpg> >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > Royal Enclave, > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > Bangalore- 560064 > India > Phone - +91 9448714856 +919947109987 (Mobile) > visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
