Thanks for sharing. I was interviewed by MSSRF team in nineties for project work in Bhitarkanika but they were requiring Oriya speaking youth. From "Oudhia" they thought I am from Orissa.
Xylocarpus is one of the important species used for "Revitalization of Pancreas" traditionally but unfortunately modern experts have not done much work on it. I have written a lot on its different aspects. http://www.scribd.com/pankajoudhia Google search for "Revitalization of pancreas" https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&site=&q=%22revitalization+of+pancreas%22&oq=%22revitalization+of+pancreas%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1858l11267l0l11945l28l28l0l5l0l0l342l3892l9.2.11.1l23l0 Missing its local names in Bhitarkanika, Trying to ask from my contacts there. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:09 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear members sending the photograph of *Xylocarpus granatum** *from > Bhitarkanika > > Name of the species: *Xylocarpus granatum** * > > Family: Meliaceae > > Place of collection: Bhitarkanika, Kendrapada, Odisha > > Habit: Tree > > Habitat: Wild, Wet evergreen forest > > > > We have three species of Xylocarpus in Odisha. Xylocarpus granatum, > Xylocarpus moluccensis and Xylocarpus mekongensis. All are under different > categories of protection under IUCN. > > > Regards > > > Prasad > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 >
