January - 2010

Dear Nature Lovers,
Greetings from oikos !
Wishing you a Healthy, Prosperous New Year !
During last two years, we shared few facts about our ecosystems, their importance, stresses & problems and lastly few positive actions for ‘Nature conservation’.
Coming year is now dedicated to a unique group of plants ‘Climbers’. There is great diversity in wild climbers. There are seasonal as well as perennial climbers, while some are very large & extensive ‘Lianas’ with woody stem. Many of them have unique characters reflecting in flowering pattern, color, bark, habit etc.  So this year, each monthly calendar will display a climber flowering in that period. Let’s know these native, unknown, rare climbers.
Regards,
Ketaki & Manasi.

Wakeri che bhate / Waghati
Scientific name: Moullava spicata
Family: Caesalpiniaceae
It is an extensive, perennial, shrubby climber, frequently found in moist deciduous forests.
It grows in association with other vegetation, on trees & clusters. This ‘Prickly’ climber flowers profusely during December – February with slender spikes of red – yellow flowers.
Medicinal Uses: Roots are used in skin diseases. It is a larval host for butterflies Common grass yellow, Three spot grass yellow, Black Rajah, Blue Nawab, Chestnut-streaked Sailor, Opague Six-line Blue, Pointed Ciliate Blue butterflies.

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