very nice information for me thanks On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Rohit Patel <rmpecol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As the Kachchh district of Gujarat has the wide spread invasion of this > exotic species , *Prosopis juliflora* and it is well known among all. Seed > of this species was spread by "HELICOPTER" on the frieng of Rann (DESERT) to > combat its spread and also declared as "Royal Plant" during time of SMT. > INDIRA GANDHI". > > > the important thing is that, during the last four year of field work in the > Kachchh and Saurashtra, i found that some indigenous species (specially > climbers) have been established good associated with Prosopis juliflora. > Among the two climber were reported as threatened. > > IN the case of local society, during the 3 year permission to make charcoal > from *Prosopis juliflora,* people of Kachchh made Charcoal of crores but > the important thing is that certain people have been identify some > traditional uses of various parts of *Prosopis juliflora* specially in > their traditional medicina; system. i am preparing one article on that and > when it will get published, i will forward to all of you. > > > if any of us having such literature regarding to this, please send me for > my strong references work. > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> Beautiful photograph ! These are mine. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> --- On *Thu, 10/20/11, vipl...@gmail.com <vipl...@gmail.com>* wrote: >> >> >> From: vipl...@gmail.com <vipl...@gmail.com> >> Subject: [efloraofindia:88775] Reptilian visitor on Prosopis juliflora >> To: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> Cc: "Shirin Panveliwala" <shirin....@rocketmail.com>, "Hitendra Agrawal" >> <hitu_di...@hotmail.com> >> Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 11:21 PM >> >> An Indian Chameleon ploughing through the barbed limbs of *Prosopis >> juliflora* at twilight. >> >> Clicked in mid-July in a scrubland near Madanpura, Kachchh. Have never >> seen it on armed vegetation before and it did endure some abrasion. >> >> Having read the following comment by Salim Ali, I faced *Prosopis >> juliflora* for any sign of bird-life but encountered a chameleon! >> >> "In recent years *Prosopis juliflora* has been widely planted by the >> Forest Department in the barren salt-lands bordering the Rann as part of >> their desert reclamation programme. It has taken well, and now forms >> flourishing and extensive thickets here and there. Curiously enough, in >> spite of the shade it provides in a land where any shade is welcome and, >> *contra* its congener *P. spicigera*, this species is studiously avoided >> by birds of all kinds." - Salim Ali, September 1960 [A Bird's Eye View, vol. >> 1, pg. 387] >> >> Best wishes, Viplav >> >> > > > -- > PATEL ROHITKUMAR MANGALBHAI, M.Sc, *PhD* > ASSOCIATE FELLOW > GUJARAT INSTITUTE OF DESERT ECOLOGY > P.C.# 83, MUNDRA ROAD, > OPP., CHANGLESHWER TEMPLE > BHUJ-KACHCHH-370001 > GUJARAT, INDIA > E-MAIL (2): rohitpatel_...@yahoo.com > MO.NO.:- 09724337687 > > -- HARI SHANKAR LAL AT-SHIV KUTIR PO-BARA BAZAR DIST-HAZARIBAG PIN-825301 JHARKHAND,INDIA MOBILE-9431530563 email-taxo....@gmail.com
