Memecylon clarkeanum Cogn. was first reported by Thwaites G.H.K in 1858 from Sri Lanka. It had thought to be narrowly distributed merely in Sri Lanka but in 2012 it was collected from the evergreen forests of Wayanad-Silent Valley region. A team of researchers of M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden […]
The genus Bulbophyllum is one of the largest genera in the orchid family and distributed throughout the tropical regions. The presence of the characteristic pseudo bulb provided the name to the genus. Bulbophyllum aureum is one of the endangered species in the group. Being endemic to south Western Ghats, it is grown as an epiphyte […]
Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis: a critically endangered species bloomed at MSSBG Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis (Bedd.) Gamble, is an understory tree belongs to the family of guava, Myrtaceae. Richard Henry Beddome reported this species from the evergreen forest of south east Wayanad in 1868, i.e., the current Nilgiri-Wayanad region. As the species name indicates, it has been found merely […]
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker or Indian Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos nanus cinericula) is one of the smallest Woodpeckers in India. It grows up to size of 13 cm. It locally called as ‘Thandaan maramakothi’ (in Malayalam). It is distributed throughout the peninsular and North India and fairly common in the well wooded areas and forest edges. It […]