the leaves rather remind me of Tectona grandis
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh 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 Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Raghu, > Beautiful photographs but this is not a Haldu / Hedu [Haldina cordifolia] > tree. Please check. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Sun, 11/22/09, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com>* wrote: > > > From: raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [indiantreepix:23736] Malbar Pied hornbills favourite hont - The > Yellow teak trees. > To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 7:27 PM > > > *Malbar Pied hornbills favourite hont - The Yellow teak trees.* > > ** > > *Local Names: Heddi, Arishina thega, Hettega)* > > *English Yelow Tteak* > > *Scientific: Adina cordifolia* > > *Fam Rubiaeae* > > ** > > */** > > * Excerpts from our travelogue.....* > > ** > > *We reached Dandeli in the morning and the first place on our itinerary > was the old Timber Yard which falls under the purview of the Forest > Department. An unorthodox choice one would think except for one small > significant detail – the opportunity to see a good number of Malabar Pied > Hornbills all in one place. Many of them nest in the larg Heddi trees > (Yellow teak). On reaching here, we found that the rains had turned the > ground into a green carpet while the trees looked lush and green. We had > barely walked a kilometer when the first Hornbill we sighted was met with a > whoop of joy. These creatures are wary of people and the moment they spot > them, they try to hide in the branches or fly to a far off tree. Not an easy > thing to do, given their large and curved yellow beaks which can be seen > sticking out, however high in the tree they perch themselves. We walked on > and at one place counted ten Hornbills on a tree. Our guide said early > mornings are the best time to spot them and it is not uncommon to see > hundreds of them here. Another creature that delighted us thoroughly was the > Malabar Giant squirrel. We followed the antics of one as it feasted on some > leaves and then raced down a tree to pick up some berries from the ground > and then race back up the tree again.* > > ** > > **/* > > ** > > ** > > *Regards* > > *Sunita / Raghu /Sunil* > > *Dandeli Timber Yard, Uttara Kannada District, June 2009* > > ** > ------------------------------ > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! > Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. > x -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=.
