Thanks Amit ji for sharing this plant. All your efforts were fruitful. Regards Prashant
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:27 PM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Attaching picture of Saussurea obvallata or the Brahm Kamal the state > flower of Uttarakhand. To capture this beauty I along with my team members > had to make a steep climb of Vasu ki tal from Kedarnath at an altitude of > more than 3800 m. It was raining and the whole route was slippery but > finally when we saw the flower in wild we totally forgot all our tiredness > and remoteness of the place where we reached. But it was pitty that this > flower been plucked from wild by local people and sold in Kedarnath area > for Rupees 15/- and is ruthlessly been plucked from the wild just to make > God happy! > > -- > Dr. Amit Chauhan > Junior Technical Assistant > Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand > 263149 > ph.05944 234445 > mob.+919412161087 > mail: [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] >
