Thanks for the interesting set of information Shrikant Ji tanay On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Shrikant Ingalhalikar < le...@rediffmail.com> wrote:
> Dungoba Rai is a beautiful sacred groove located in Sindhudurg district of > Maharashtra. This may be the only coastal 'Devrai' and perhaps the only one > that has rare mangrove plants. Trees seen at the upstream end of the fresh > water are the precious 'Sundari' mangrove trees or Heritiera littoralis. > This is the only record on the western coast of the celebrated trees of the > Sunderbans of eastern India. Around 50 full grown trees with heavily > buttressed roots can be seen. They are known by the locals as 'Samudra > Kandol' very aptly (Sterculiaceae) because Sterculia villosa which grows > uphill is known as Kandol. Heritieras here have been flowering in July and > fruiting in latter part of the year. All the trees in Dungoba sacred forest > are protected by the locals. May God Dungoba bless the forest for the > ensuing centuries. > > Shrikant Ingalhalikar > 12 Varshanand Society > Anandnagar Sinhagad Road > Pune 411 051. www.idsahyadri.com > Tel 91 20 2435 0765. > Fax 91 20 2438 9190. > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline....@middle?> -- *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) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
