Other aspect of Dendropthoe *Traditional Medicinal Knowledge about Dendrophthoe falcata Ettingsh infesting Mahua (Madhuca indica) trees in Indian state Chhattisgarh.*
http://www.pankajoudhia.com/newwork5.html Related Youtube Links http://www.youtube.com/results?search=Search&resnum=0&oi=spell&search_query=dendrophthoe+oudhia&spell=1&sa=X regards Pankaj Oudhia On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Sheshadri Ramaswamy <livewithtr...@gmail.com > wrote: > Dear Friends, > > In my observation many Loranthus species are increasing drastically on > trees in deciduous forests of S.Karnataka and on avenue trees in Bangalore, > from the past 3 years ! > > Have any of you observed the same ? in other cities, towns, forests.....in > other parts of our country ? > > Out here observation is..........in the wild trees most affected are > Phyllanthus emblica etc...... and in Bangalore they seem to thrive well on > Peltophorum pterocarpum, Bauhinia purpurea,Drypetes roxburghii, lots and > lots of others and.....even Grevillea robusta etc. > > As Giby ji pointed out it could be openness of canopies...one of the > factors.......and maybe...... > Global warming ? > Erratic rainfall ? > Increase in bird population ? > or so many others we dont understand......... > > Fanua and Flora make up our fragile ecosystems and we need a deeper > understanding i think........to our limited capacity,, as far as the human > brain can go. > > Something to think of.........just like how Lantana camara, Eupatorium, > Parthenium invaded and now its got naturalised. > Such phenomena...i think we cannot do anything about it, much > practically.....to 'control' (unnaturally)..... but can we at least > understand the underlying processes ? > > Pl provide inputs..... > > Warm Regards. >
