I had known Salvadora persica as a shrub/tree of dry habitats. Never knew it can grow along sea shores, among mangroves. A case physiologically dry habitat???.
-- 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 Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think > Correctly speaking *Salvadora persica* is called as Mangrove associate. > > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Of course it was growing on *Salvadora persica* roots. There were a lot >> of these shrubs. >> I guess it is a mangrove plant. >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Ushadi micromini < >> microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This is a strange little "plant" parasitizes the tooth pick plant >>> called meswak ... if I remember it... can not grow without it... >>> >>> but how did it get to the mangrove neighborhood from the high desert >>> of the biblical times??/ >>> >>> Does meswak grow in mangrove areas? >>> >>> >>> >>> usha di >>> ======== >>> >>> On Jan 8, 7:44 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Wonderful golden collage, Prashant ... and many thanks to you and >>> Satish ji >>> > for recounting the memorable trip. >>> > Would like to pass on this credit of showing this strange and beautiful >>> > plant to Shrikant ji; with whom I had been there a week or so earlier. >>> > Regards. >>> > Dinesh >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:36 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > > Thanks Prashant >>> > > I will always remember those fond memories of our Flower hunting >>> trip. >>> > > I was feeling for a long time that some of the group members should >>> go for >>> > > such visits together. It compliments each other. Somehow we could >>> manage it >>> > > that time. >>> > > How can I forget the Sharbat you served us in the canopy of trees >>> behind >>> > > Vasai fort and some good foodstuff brought by Dinesh ji too. >>> > > Thanks again for reminding me of those memories. >>> > > Satish >>> > >>> > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Prashant Awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > >> Dear Friends, >>> > >>> > >> Here i am sharing the photograph of *Cistanche tubulosa* ( Family: >>> Orobanchaceae) >>> > >> as "Flora Picture of the year-2011". >>> > >>> > >> This was photographed at Gorai (at the outskirts of Mumbai). >>> > >>> > >> Regards >>> > >> Prashant >>> > >>> > > -- >>> > > Dr Satish Phadke >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Satish Phadke >> > > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
