I have seen these trees on almost all beeches of India including Goa. The simple reason being this grows well on beeches as it has its own nitrogen fixing fungus in the roots.
I cant imagine beeches of Goa to be dangerous (may be at some particular sites they are dangerous) otherwise you can walk kms in water as the slope is very gentle, in comparison to Beeches of Chennai where U cant even go 5m in water as the slope is very steep. Pankaj On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Hi, > Am from Goa. Was told this and have no reason to believe it is not true... > > In the good old days Casuarina trees were planted on beaches to indicate > that it was dangerous to swim there. The reason - the women being educated > could read the notices to this effect put up on those beaches but not so > with the men folk. > Hence the Casuarina trees and they can still be seen on Calangute, Miramar > and a few other such dangerous beaches. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Mon, 8/22/11, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> > Subject: [efloraofindia:77937] Re: efloraofindia:''For Id 22082011MR1’’ > tall tree with spiky seeds at Pune > To: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Date: Monday, August 22, 2011, 10:20 PM > > Casuarina equisetifolia > Not indian but found till Burma. > I think it has been planted in India especially on the beeches for > sand reclaimation. > Pankaj > > > On Aug 22, 4:22 pm, Madhuri Raut > <itii...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=itii...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > Is this a Indian tree? > > Is the pic that I have posted the fruit or seed? > > Regards > > Bhagyashri > > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Dr. Shiddamallayya Mathapati < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snmathap...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=snmathap...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > Casurina equisitifolia > > > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Plant Diversity < > a.cul...@reading.ac.uk<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=a.cul...@reading.ac.uk> > >wrote: > > > > >> This looks like a 'She Oak' or Casuarina. > > > > >> Alastair > > >>http://www.facebook.com/PlantDiversity > > > > >> On Aug 22, 8:24 am, Madhuri Raut > > >> <itii...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=itii...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > >> > Respected members > > >> > kindly identify the tree with following specifications. I could not > > >> > photograph it well as it is a very tall tree amongst other trees. > It > > >> has > > >> > thin leaves in bunches with whitish glassy shiny tips. they look > like > > >> green > > >> > fibre glass whorls. The lowest branch had tiny red flowers all > along. > > >> The > > >> > tree was full of round small berry like fruits. The spiny seeds(i > think) > > >> had > > >> > fallen down which I have photographed > > > > >> > Date/Time- August 2011 > > > > >> > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Pune Maharashtra > > > > >> > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Garden > > > > >> > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- tree > > > > >> > Height/Length- very tall > > > > >> > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green thin strips in bunches with shiny > tips > > > > >> > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- small red flowers all along > the > > >> branch > > > > >> > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- woody hard seeds > > > > >> > Regards > > > > >> > Bhagyashri > > > > >> > aa.JPG > > >> > 212KViewDownload > > > > >> > 210820111564.jpg > > >> > 240KViewDownload > > > > > -- > > > Dr. Shiddamallayya N, > > > Survey of Medicinal Plant Unit > > > National Ayurveda Dietetics Research Institute, > > > (A unit of C C R A S, > > > Dept. of AYUSH, Mini. of H & F W, > > > Govt. of India, New Delhi), > > > G C P Annexe, Ashoka Pillar > > > Jayanagar I block, > > > Bangalore - 560 011 > > > 0 - 9449644341 > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
