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Behali Reserved Forest
Behali Wildlife Sanctuary, located in the Biswanath district of Assam is a patch of semi-evergreen forest in the foothills of Eastern Himalayas. This forest is a part of the greater Sonitpur Elephant Reserve and was declared as a Reserved forests and protected forests of India, reserved forest in 1917. It lies between the two famous protected areas, the Nameri National Park on its west and Kaziranga National Park on its south comprising a total area of 140 km2. Hence it acts as an important corridor for migration of several species between these protected areas mainly the elephants. On 4 May 2022, In The Assam Gazette, The Governor of Assam proposed to declare the Behali Reserved Forest as a Wildlife Sanctuary. It is also recognized as an Important Bird Area in 1994 and a Key Biodiversity Area in 2004. Located between 93°11′30.58″ E and 93°23′21.09″ E longitudes and 26°52′20.08″ N and 26°57′33.17″N latitudes, the area is bordered in the east by the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biswanath District
Biswanath (IPA: ˌbɪswəˈnɑːθ ˈtʃɑːrɪˌælɪ) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. It is one of newly created district in the year by 2015, declared by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on 15 August 2015. The district is created amalgamating Gohpur and most part of Biswanath Sub division on earlier Sonitpur district. The district is bounded by Arunachal Pradesh on north, Golaghat, Brahmaputra river on the south, Lakhimpur district on the east and Sonitpur district on the west. The administrative headquarter is located at Biswanath Chariali. History The major part of Biswanath district formed a part of the Chutiya kingdom until it was annexed in the 16th century by the Ahoms. The western part of the district was under the rule of independent Bhuyan chieftains. The border between the Chutia kingdom and Bhuyan principalities were marked by the Dikarai and the Ghiladhari rivers. The Chutia kings built many forts in the region which included the Buroi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgang
Borgang is a small village in Sonitpur district in the state of Assam of North East India , native_name_lang = mni , settlement_type = , image_skyline = , image_alt = , image_caption = , motto = , image_map = Northeast india.png , .... It gained township status in 2006. Borgang is surrounded by the tea plantations of Williamson Magor. Borgang River flows through this village. Borgang's Catholic church and hospital were constructed in 1978 and are run by Christian missionaries. The church has paintings on its inner dome by General Reserve Engineer Force serviceman A. Robert Chandra. References Villages in Sonitpur district {{assam-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gynocardia Odorata
''Gynocardia'' is a genus of dioecious evergreen tree belonging to the Achariaceae family, containing the sole species ''Gynocardia odorata''. The trees grow up to 30 m tall. The species is found in moist forests of mountain valleys in South Asia - India, South-east Tibet and Yunnan in China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar. The seeds of this plant have been confused with ''Hydnocarpus wightianus'' as the chaulmoogra oil, which is used in Indian medicine to treat several skin conditions and diseases. During British rule, several British doctors studied the use of this oil in the treatment of leprosy, lupus, scrofula, and many skin diseases. The oil was prescribed for leprosy as a mixture suspended in gum or as an emulsion. However, it has later been clarified that the actual chaulmoogra referred to in Sanskrit texts for the treatment of leprosy, as ''Tuvaraka'' is actually ''Hydnocarpus wightianus ''Hydnocarpus wightianus'' or chaulmoogra is a tree in the Achariace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bauhinia Variegata
''Bauhinia variegata'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to an area from China through Southeast Asia to the Indian subcontinent. Common names include orchid tree (though not belonging to the family Orchidaceae) and mountain ebony. Description It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to tall, deciduous in the dry season. The leaves are obcordate shaped, long and broad, rounded, and bilobed at the base and apex. The flowers are conspicuous, bright pink or white, diameter, with five petals. Pollens are elongated, approximately 75 microns in length. The fruit is a seedpod long, containing several seeds. The seedpod dries completely on the tree, and when mature begins to twist into a helix or corkscrew shape, (see below), ultimately exploding open—with a very audible "clack"—to deliver its seeds into the environs. The anatomy of the stem was studied by taking transverse section. Periderm and cortex were seen distinctly. Seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Rugosus
''Elaeocarpus rugosus'' is a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It a tree is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References rugosus Trees of Malaya Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Oxalidales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnolia Hodgsonii
''Magnolia hodgsonii'' ( syn. ''Talauma hodgsonii''), known in Chinese as ''gai lie mu'' is a species of Magnolia native to the forests of the Himalaya and southeastern Asia, occurring in Bhutan, southwestern China, Tibet, northeastern India, northern Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. It grows at moderate altitudes of 850–1500 m with a subtropical climate. It is a small evergreen tree up to 15 m tall. The leaves are obovate-oblong, 20–50 cm long and 10–13 cm broad, with a leathery texture. The flowers are fragrant, with nine tepals up to 9 cm long, the inner tepals white, the outer ones greenish; they are produced in April to May. The fruit is 13–15 cm long, composed of an aggregate of 40-80 follicles. The wood is "very soft and worthless". Like almost all Himalayan Magnoliaceae, ''M. hodgsonii'' flourishes in a stiff clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galeola Nudifolia 2
''Galeola'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. All species in this genus are myco-heterotrophic, i.e. they are parasitic upon fungi. The genus is spread throughout southeast Asia (from India to China to New Guinea) as well as Madagascar and Comoros. ''Galeola'' is of biological interest because of its exclusive myco-heterotrophic nature and its seeds. The seeds are the biggest orchid seeds in the world. They are winged, which is also extraordinary for an orchid. Species At present, there are 6 currently recognized species: *''Galeola cathcarthii'' Hook.f. ( Thailand, Myanmar, India, Assam, Bhutan, Sikkim) *''Galeola faberi'' Rolfe (China, Assam, Nepal, Vietnam, Sumatra) *''Galeola falconeri'' Hook.f. ( India, Taiwan, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, China) *''Galeola humblotii'' H.G.Reichb. ( Madagascar, Comoros) *''Galeola lindleyana'' (Hook.f. & J.W.Thomson) H.G.Reichb. ( Bhutan, China, India, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citrus Indica
''Citrus indica'' is a species of hybrid ''Citrus'' known by the common name Indian wild orange.Malik, S. K., R. Chaudhury, O. P. Dhariwal and R. K. Kalia. (2006)Collection and characterization of ''Citrus indica'' Tanaka and ''C. macroptera'' Montr.: wild endangered species of northeastern India.''Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution'' 53 1485-93. It is native to South Asia. Taxonomy This wild orange plant was originally characterized as one of the likely ancestors of today's cultivated citrus fruits, if not the main one. It was considered to be the most "primitive" citrus.Laskar, M. A., M. Hynniewta and C.S. Rao. (2009)In vitro propagation of ''Citrus indica'' Tanaka — An endangered progenitor species.''Indian Journal of Biotechnology'' 8 311-16. However, genomic analysis has revealed it to be a citrus hybrid, with maternal citron ancestry and also mandarin orange and unspecified papeda contributions. It can be used as a citrus rootstock for cultivated citrus. Recent search ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast India
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Dipankar Borah
Dipankar Borah (born 1994) is an Indian field botanist from Assam. Personal life Dipankar Borah is a botanist of the region and belongs from Monabarie TE, one of the largest tea plantations in the country located in the Biswanath District of Assam. Son of Moheswar Borah (father) and Bijanti Borah (mother). He did his BSc from Biswanath College (affiliated to Gauhati University) in 2015, his MSc in 2017 and PhD in 2022 from Rajiv Gandhi University. He conducted majority of his plant explorations in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya states of Northeast India. Since 2020, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Goalpara College, Assam, India. Work Borah is best known for his studies on Begonias,Gesneriads, Aristolochia (Pipeworts) and Chlorophytum of Northeastern India (in the Himalayas and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots) apart from several other genera. So far he has described more than 20 new plant names. In February 2021, Borah a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angiosperm
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants that produce their seeds enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants. They are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within their seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ancestor of all living gymnosperms before the end of the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. The closest fossil relatives of flowering plants are uncertain and contentious. The earliest angiosperm fossils are in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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