fabulous!! Thank you Sid ji for sharing this 200 year old tree and very nice write up
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Sidhu ji for showing this unique plant > > > -- > 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 Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> This is really robust!!! Thanks Sid ji for sharing. Nice write up too! >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Sid <sidd...@gmail.com> 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. >>> >> >> > > > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade
