Hi... Hornbills are very fond of Strychnos fruits and have the capability of detoxifying the major alkoloids strychnine and brucine present in these fruit..really wonderful topic to study.
On 3/23/11, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very nice catch Puttaraju ji > Thanks for sharing the photos and info > Tanay > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:23 PM, PUTTARAJU K > <pakshirajka...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> It's flowering time for Strychnos nux-vomica,you can see shiny light >> green leaves with greenish white flowers, favourite for Malabarpied >> hornbill. Kaiga is natural habitat for this species and harbours many >> endemic species of plant. >> -- >> With Regards, >> PUTTARAJU K, >> SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, >> KAIGA ATOMIC POWER PLANT, >> POST-KAIGA, U.K.DISTRICT, >> KARNATAKA -581400 >> MOB : 9448999150 >> EMAIL : pakshirajka...@gmail.com >> kputtar...@npcil.co.in >> > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > ta...@interchange.ubc.ca > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > -- With Regards, PUTTARAJU K, SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, KAIGA ATOMIC POWER PLANT, POST-KAIGA, U.K.DISTRICT, KARNATAKA -581400 MOB : 9448999150 EMAIL : pakshirajka...@gmail.com kputtar...@npcil.co.in
