Couple of months ago I brought some #Basil for preparing pasta. Some shoots were available hence planted in a small planter in window. Quite surprisingly it survived and bloomed. 

Basil belongs to #Lamiaceae Family or #Mint Family. Although Basil is native of Eastern countries like #India and #Thiland it is very popular in western countries and is mainly associated with Italian cuisine. 

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Again a find on the morning walks with @mountainpiratetoby

The tree is known to have multiple uses. While The wood can be used for carpentry, boxes and crates, the leaves are useful as fodder for livestock. The seeds are used for multiple ailments like diarrhea, dysentery and venereal diseases.

The tree is a native of Southern American continent and is being cultivated in India for last few years. The seeds when dried thoroughly are often sold in market as fake Rudraksh hence the name Bhadraksh

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Accidental Find...

Found this Sandalwood tree very close to my house recently. I have been walking here almost every day for last four years and then suddenly one fine day this one pops up. The only feeling was that of serendipity.

The tree routes and lives on decaying roots of trees of other types – species and can live to be 100 or more years.

Botanical name: Santalum album

Family: Santalaceae – Sandalwood Family.

The bark is very fragrant  and powder is traditionally used for skin ailments such as acne. 

अपघाती शोध...

हे चंदनाचे झाड नुकतेच माझ्या घराजवळ सापडले. गेली चार वर्षे मी जवळपास रोज इथे फिरतेय  आणि मग अचानक एके दिवशी हे दिसले. 

हा वृक्ष इतर प्रकारच्या - प्रजातींच्या झाडांच्या कुजलेल्या मुळांवर जगतो  आणि 100 किंवा त्याहून अधिक वर्षे जगू शकतो .

बोटॅनिकल नाव: सॅंटलम अल्बम

कुटुंब: सांतालेसी - चंदन कुटुंब.

झाडाची खोडे अतिशय सुवासिक असतात आणि पावडर पारंपारिकपणे मुरुमांसारख्या त्वचेच्या आजारांसाठी वापरली जाते.  

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पिवळा तेरडा - Dalzell's Yellow Balsam 

The only yellow balsam of #WesternGhats, Dalzell's Yellow Balsam is easily identifiable. The plant is small about a feet and half tall. The leaves are teethed. These flower between August to October and are endemic to Western Ghats.

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 1) What are "Western Ghats"?  सह्याद्री - पश्चिम घाट म्हणजे काय?

The mountain ranges adjacent to western shores of Indian subcontinent are known as Western Ghats. The ranges are spread about 1600 kms and they’re known as “Sahyadri” in Maharastra.

भारतीय उपखंडाच्या पश्चिम किनारपट्टीला लागुन असणाऱ्या पर्वतरांगेला पश्चिम घाट म्हणतात.  उत्तर दक्षिण सुमारे १६०० किलोमीटर पसरलेली ही रांग आहे. याच्या महाराष्ट्रातील भागाला सह्याद्री म्हणतात.

2) UNESCO World Heritage Site. युनेस्को जागतिक जैववैविध्य वारसा स्थळ

In 2012, Being one of the top eight biodiversity spots, Sahyadri was added to the list of “UNESCO World Heritage Site”. There are more than 7500 species of  flora out of which around 5500 are endemic.

सह्याद्री २०१२ मध्ये युनेस्को जागतिक जैववैविध्य वारसा स्थळ म्हणून घोषित झालाय. वनस्पतींच्या जवळपास ७५०० प्रजाती असलेला पहिल्या आठ ठिकाणंपैकी एक असलेला हा भौगोलिक प्रदेश आहे.

या पैकी ५५०० प्रजाती स्थानिक आहेत.

3) Origin / उत्पत्ती

Several billion years ago when Indian subcontinent separated from the Pangaea, Western Ghats or Sahyadri was formed. There are ample of Granite, Iron Ores, Bauxite & Basalt and similar ingredients.   

दशलक्ष वर्षांपुर्वी पॅनजिया  मधुन जेव्हा भारतीय उपखंड वेगळा झाला तेव्हा याची उत्पत्ती झाली.

ग्रॅनाइट, कच्चे लोखंड, बॉक्साइट आणि बसाल्ट या व या सारख्या अनेक प्रकारच्या घटक पामुख्यानी आढळून येतात.

4) Plateau / पठार – सडे

Plateau are the plains on the mountain top. These the beauty of the western ghats where one can find many plateau.

आजुबाजुच्या परिसरापेक्षा थोडा उंच पण दुरदूरपर्यंत पसरलेल्या सपाट भूभागाला पठार म्हणतात. पठार - सडे, कातळ वगैरे नावानी ओळखले जातात. उत्तर सह्याद्रीचे - म्हणजेच महाराष्ट्रातील सह्याद्रीचे हे वैशिष्ट्य आहे. 

5) Kaas Pathar / कास पठार

Kaas Plateau is located about 25 kms from Satara town. The presence of biodiversity is amazing where one can see more than 150 endemic species of flora which mainly belong to Grass Family. Government of India has declared this site as “Protected area/zone”.  

कास पठार हे साताऱ्याच्या पासून २५ किमी वर आहे. जैववैविध्यपुर्ण असलेल्या या पठारावर साधारणपणे वनस्पतींच्या १५० हुन अधिक प्रजाती बघायला मिळतात. या वनौषधी प्रामुक्ख्यनी "गवत" प्रकारात मोडतात. जागतिक नैसर्गिक वारसा स्थळ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध असून येथे अनेक स्थानिक (endemic) पुष्प आहेत. भारत सरकार ने हे स्थळ संरक्षित क्षेत्र म्हणून घोषित केले आहे.

 

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