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🌳MANGROVES OF MELIACEAE🌳 Xylocarpus moluccensis commonly known as Nyireh batu, is a medium to large-sized tree from the family Meliaceae.   🌳The tree grows about 20 - 30 m tall, and usually has a sparse canopy. 🌳The trunk has a deeply fissured surface. 🌳Roots surface in the form of conical pneumatophores at the base of the trunk. 🌳Leaves are spirally arranged, compound leaves with usually 2 - 3 stalked leaflets, oppositely placed in pairs, oval or elliptical, leathery and with a broadly rounded to sharply tapered base. 🌳Flowers occur in clusters located in the axils, flower clusters are 6 - 18 cm long and with a 2 - 10 mm long stalk. Calyx lobes are rounded, white petals are 4 in number, yellowish and oblong to egg-shaped,  🌳Fruits are broadly ellipsoid, greenish-brown woody and about 8 - 11 cm in diameter, Each fruit usually has 5 - 10 brown seeds. 🌳This tree usually occurs in ti...

Chapter 1 - Discipline Of Yoga  Day 3  You assume the form in the mind. What are the activities in the mind? The modulations of the mind are of five forms - klishta and aklishta. Some are problematic, and some are non-problematic.  There are certain vrittis of the mind which are problematic and which cause troubles and difficulties, and certain others which are not problematic - unpleasant and pleasant vrtittis. Pratyaksha, viparyaya, vikalpa, nidraa and smritayaha. Five modes of consciousness arise in you - five modes in the mind. Mind, consciousness or chitta are the same. Pramaana, the mind is engaged in wanting proof for everything. There are three types of Pramaana - pratyaksha, anumaana, aagamana.  Pratyaksha means that which is obvious or can be experienced. You may be in Switzerland. You have a proof of this in your mind. The proof is that you can see the Swiss Alps. Whatever you see is a proof. You know that you are feeling cold. Nobody wants to ...

Epicharis cuneata commonly known as Stem Dysoxylum is a tree from the Meliaceae family, native to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sumatra, Bangka, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, and Philippines. This tree is currently listed as a vulnerable species in Singapore. It is a dioecious tree up to 30 m tall, with male and female flowers on separate individuals. Its smooth, grey bark is covered with lenticels. Its clusters of flowers and fruits are found on the tree trunk and main branches, usually from ground level up. Its spirally arranged, stalked, pinnate leaves are up to 60 cm long, with 4–6 pairs of opposite, oval shaped leaflets. The terminal leaflets are drop-shaped. The stalks of the leaflets are swollen at the base. Small white to pinkish or cream flowers are produced in cauliflorous spikes about 8 cm long. They are sweetly scented and smell like almond and musk. Its fruits are top-shaped, 3–5...

Ampelocissus latifolia Family: Vitaceae (Grape family) Habit : Climber Habitat : near stream in evergreen forest 🌸Flowers numerous, deep reddish. Petals 5, oblong ☘️The roots are used in skin diseases ☘️Fruits are edible often eaten by birds and mammals  Sugimani Marndi Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha

Fagopyrum esculentum ( Buckwheat or Ugal) is an important crop in some areas of the world. Buckwheat flour (known as kuttu ka atta) contains beneficial components for human health such as protein, dietary fiber, vitamins, polyphenolics, and minerals at high levels.  It is cultivated widely in the hilly region of Uttarakhand as a leafy vegetable (called Ugal ka saag) during summer months. Sometime after taking one or two cuts for vegetable, the crop is left for flowering and subsequently seeds are harvested for making flour. Almora,  Reference  Surendra Parihar Ex.Professor and Head. Deptt. of Seed , Science and Technology. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa,  New Delhi,  India 110012