Thanks Sidhu ji for showing this unique plant
-- 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 Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > This is really robust!!! Thanks Sid ji for sharing. Nice write up too! > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Sid <sidd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Liana or tree? >> >> On a botanical trip around the foot hills of Kodikanal (near Madurai, >> Tamilnadu) we came across the trunk of this huge liana. It looked like a >> large coiled serpent slowly climbing into the canopy perching the branches >> of other trees. Its huge trunk would have been at least a foot and a half >> in diameter. Judging by the size of other individuals in that area and >> general size of lianas, this one was amazing. My guess is that, this >> liana-tree would be at least more than 200 years old. I was thrilled when I >> thought of how many human generations would it have seen since it >> germinated in that forest floor. How many important events in history would >> have been recorded while this plant was an infant and entered youth. And >> now she is still standing there healthy, proud, and as young as ever. I was >> so lucky to have I met this old wise liana. She is a Gnetum ula. >> >> Sid. >> > >
