Aranyakam Nature Foundation announces winners of illustration competitionKottayam: Aranyakam Nature Foundation announced the winners of a scientific illustration competition...Read more at: https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/news/2021/06/07/aranyakam-nature-foundation-illustration-competition.html
Scientific Name: Naregamia alataEnglish Name: Goanese ipecac, goanese ipecacuanhMalayalam Name: Nilanarakam(നിലനാരകം)Location of the plant: EravimangalamConservation status: EndangeredGeneral features: Woody undershrub with shiny leaves. Leaves are alternate which are divided into three leaflets with winged petioles. The flower is bisexual with 5 white [...]
Scientific name: Rhynchoglossum notonianumFamily: GesneriaceaeEnglish name: Desert Rose, Impala lilyLocation: Native to the Sahel regions, south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), and tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and Arabia.Conservation status: critically endangeredGeneral Features:It is an evergreen [...]
Scientific name: Memecylon umbellatum English name: Ironwood Malayalam name : കായാമ്പൂ / കാശാവ് Location of the plant: Chooral, Kannur Conservation status: Not evaluated Memecylon umbellatum commonly known as ironwood is a large evergreen shrub. It's commonly present in habitats like [...]
Scientific Name: Clerodendrum infortunatumEnglish Name: Bhat or Hill Glory BowerMalayalam: വട്ടപ്പെരുക്Family: LamiaceaeLocation: Ambalavayal, Wayanad , KeralaConservation status: Not evaluated (IUCN).General Features: A large, tawny-villous shrub, up to 3m. Leaves are simple, opposite; both surfaces are sparsely villous-pubescent. Inflorescence in a terminal, [...]
As part of celebrating Wildlife Week, an online presentation competition was conducted by Aranyak...Read more at: https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/news/2021/10/10/aranyakam-nature-foundation-presentations-wildlife-conservation.html
Presentation Competition Held by Aranyakam Nature FoundationCelebrating Wildlife Week, An online Presentation Competition was held by Aranyakam Nature Foundation on the Conservation of wildlife outside protected areas - Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks, for undergraduate and post-graduate students from the colleges in [...]
Name: Rivina humilisEnglish name: BloodberryMalayalam name: ManithakkaliLocation: Vettilappara, AreekodeConservation status: G5GENERAL FEATURESHabit: Perennial herbHabitat: Forest margins, thickets, disturbed areasDistinguishing features:• Stem is grooved and glabrous• Leaves are simple, alternate, entire with a wavy margin• Leaf lamina supported by a long slender [...]
Centella asiaticaIndian pennywortമുത്തിൾVadakaraLeast concernIndigenous to Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia. Grows in swampy areas but can cultivate in the soil as long as they are watered regularly.Stems are slender, creeping stolons, leaves are borne on pericardial petioles. Flowers are white, born in [...]
