The environment is getting back with its vigour and hope. 1000s of blue tiger butterflies initiate their journey of migration and put a halt at MSSBG butterfly garden. The butterflies congregate on Crotalaria plant to extract the pyrrolizidine alkalioids. It is the source of pheromones for courting female butterflies for progressing its generation. The larvae […]
Kunstleria keralensis Mohanan & Nair – A monotypic genus of Fabaceae in India bloomed at MSSBG
A narrow endemic species of Western Ghats, reported exclusively from the evergreen forests of Wayanad, Eugenia argentea Bedd., bloomed at the conservatory of M S Swaminathan Botanical Garden (MSSBG). Major R. H. Beddome in 1872 had collected the plants originally from Western Ghats. The collection of this species has not been recorded since then and […]
Cleisostoma tenuifolium belongs to genus Cleisostoma and Family Orchidaceae, bloomed at M. S. Swaminathan Botanical Garden (MSSBG) conservatory. The distribution is common in Peninsular India and South East Asian countries. The orchid mostly found on mango tree, where it gets its name ‘Maravara/Maravazha’. The stalk rises up like a reed, filled with clear green mucilage […]