Butterflies live for a week to a month and never pose for your camera lenses…. MSSBG is organizing a photography contest for budding photographers to capture the life moments of butterflies around us. A wonderful opportunity of capturing beautiful butterflies through the lens of your camera. Winners will receive exciting prizes with certificate. Last date […]
The sightings of Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae Blyth) become very common in the MSSBG and surroundings for the last couple of months. This bird locally called Neela Kuruvi (Malayalam) is a small passerine/perching bird in the flycatcher family. It is an insectivorous species endemic to Indian subcontinent eastwards to Bangladesh and Western Myanmar. International […]
Family: Phyllanthaceae Common Name: Mootipazham Conservation Status: Rare Key characters: Medium-sized dioecious trees; Flowers borne on the main trunk, dense towards the base. A medium evergreen tree. Plants dioecious, 10-15 m high. Flowers red, borne in dense clusters of catkins on the main trunk, almost covering the trunk. Mail flowers remain for 4-5 days, whereas […]
Family: Leguminosae; sub family Caesalpinioideae Common name: Karapongu Conservation status: Endangered Key characters: Medium-sized riparian tree; leaves pinnate with4 pairs of leaflets. A medium tree, along riversides at 300-700 m alt. from Karnataka southwards. Seen in small populations as a riparian element. Plants 10-15 m high. Leaves pinnate, creamy white and drooping when young; leaflets […]