Indigenous Plants Conservation
Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest
Friday 1 February 2013
Thursday 31 January 2013
Striped Dewflower
Murdannia striatipetala Striped Dewflower Family: Commelinaceae (Dayflower family) |
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Wildlife Art
Eco Restoration
Created water body at Adayar Poonga |
Through all the hard work of greening Auroville and the arid Pitchandikulam where he lives, he was guided by Pondicherry's Mother, he says.
He says proudly, “Here's a wild space in the middle of the metropolis, giving a bit of Chennai back to Mother Nature.”
Courtesy : Geeta Padmanabhan
Indigenous Forest
Pitchandikulam Village- Before ecological restoration (1978) |
Kuilapalayam to Auroville Road side plantation (1980) |
After Ecological restoration (1990) |
The forest comprises six vegetative elements: trees, shrubs, lianas, epiphytes, herbs and tuberous species |
Labels:
Indigenous Forest
Location:
Puducherry, Pondicherry, India
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