Also found in Haryana Wildly particularly wastelands. Quite common here and also planted by Forest deptt
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
