Thursday 15 January 2015

Glory of Allapalli, Hemalkasa - Gadchiroli



In-front of tallest teak tree of the area. Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap
WWF-India, MSO had organized a nature camp to Glory of Allapalli, Bhamragad and Hemalkasa, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. 17 participants attended the camp. It was our great pleasure when Dr. Prakash Amte interacted with our team and their experience with us. We are highly thankful to the entire team of Allapalli, Gadchiroli - Maharashtra Forest Department for giving us this opportunity. This area has abundant forms of biodiversity. We also visited 'Chaprala Sanctuary' on our way back.
confluence of reviersclicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap
Given below is a list of sightings with some photographs:


1. Flora

  1. Vad/Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis)
  2. Palas/Flame of the forest (Butea monosperma)
  3. Amba/Mango tree (Mangifera india)
  4. Karanj/Pongam oil tree  (Pongamia pinnata)
  5. Katesavar/Red silk cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
  6. Gulvel/Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia)
  7. Sag/Teak (Tectona grandis)
  8. Bahava/ Indian Laburnum (Cassia fistula)
  9. Aaghada/Prickly chaff flower (Achyranthes aspera)
  10. Umber/Country fig tree (Ficus glomerata)
  11. Ghaneri/Red sage (Lantana camara)
  12. Jambhul/Java plum/Black plum (Syzygium cumini)
  13. Wild Karwand (Carissa spinarum)
  14. Moi, Shemat/Indian Ash tree (Lannea coromandelica)   
  15. Pimpal/Sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa)
  16. Khair/Catechu tree (Acacia catechu)     
  17. Vavla/Indian Elm (Holoptelia integrifolia)
  18. Bor/Indian jujube (Ziziphus jujube)
  19. Tad/Palmyra fan (Borassus flabellifer)
  20. Mogli Erand (Jatropha curcas)
  21. Kala kuda/Sweet indrajao (Wrightia tinctoria)
  22. Pandara kuda/Tellicherry bark (Holarrhena antydysentrica)
  23. Anantmul/Indian sarsaparilla (Hemidesmus indicus)
  24. Ain/Laurel (Terminalia crenulata)        
  25. Garuga/Kakad (Garuga pinnata)
  26. Takla/Wild senna (Cassia tora)
  27. Shivan/White teak (Gmelina arborea)
  28. Haldu (Haldina cordifolia)
  29. Shisham/Indian rosewood(Dalbergia sissoo)
  30. Asana/Spinous kino tree(Bridelia retusa)
  31. Kharoti/Sand paper tree(Streblus asper) 
  32. Kumudini clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap
  33.  Moha/Indian butter tree(Madhuca longifolia)
  1. Tendu/East Indian Ebony(Diospyros melanoxylon)
  2. Bamboo(Dendrocalamus strictus)
  3. Chinch/Tamarind (Tamarindus indiaca)
  4. Babhul/Gum arabic (Acacia nilotica subsp indica)
  5. Garari (Cleistanthus collinus)
  6. Shirish/Siris tree (Albizia lebeck)
  7. Aboli/Firecraker flower(Crossandra infundibuliforms)
  8. Ukshi/paper flower climber (Calycopteris floribanda)
  9. Apta/Bidi leaf tree (Bauhinia racemosa)
  10. Kanchan/Purple bauhinia(Bauhinia purpurea)
  11. Lokhandi/torch tree (Ixora pavetta)
  12. Jackal jujube (Ziziphus oenoplia)
  13. Kusum/Ceylon oak (Schleichera oleosa)
  14. Kalam/Kaim (Mitragyna parvifolia)
  15. Dhavda/Axle wood tree (Anogeissus latifolia)
  16. Kumudini/water snowflake ( Nymphoides indica)
  17. Kanchari/Sessile joyweed (Alternanthera sessilis)
  18. Gardenia latifolia
  19. Gela/Mountain pomegranate (Catunaregam spinosa)
  20. Nana/Ben teak (Lagerstroemia microcarpa)
  21. Hivar/white bark acacia (Acacia leucophloea)
  22. Payar/Indian rock fig (Ficus arnottiana)
2. Fauna
A. Insects:
a. Butterflies:
  1. Common sailer
  2. Blue mormon
    Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap
  3. Striped tiger
  4. Chocolate pansy
  5. Yellow pansy
  6. Blue pansy
  7. Peacock pansy
  8. Small grass yellow
  9. Lime
  10. Common crow
  11. Common hedge blue
  12. Common emigrant
  13. Common rose
  14. Common wanderer
  15. Psyche
  16. Common grass yellow
  17. Common palmfly
  18. Dark evening brown
  19. Danied eggfly
  20. Common castor
  21. Plain tiger
b. Other insects:
  1. Cricket
    Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

  2. Short horned grasshopper
  3. Shield bug
  4. Potter wasp
  5. Termites
  6. Pagoda ants
  7. Godzilla ants
  8. Forest cockroach
  9. Red cotton bug
  10. Honey Bee
  11. Fire ants
  12. Long horned grasshopper
  13. Paper wasp
B. Arachnids
  1. Giant wood spider
  2. Funnel spider
  3. Debri-collecting spider
  4. Social spider
C. Amphibians
  1. Common Indian toad
D. Reptiles
  1. Garden lizard
  2. Forest calotes
  3. Indian skink
E. Birds
Green bee eater Clicked by Dr. Vasant Sahasrabuddhe
  1. House crow
  2. Large billed crow
  3. House sparrow
  4. Golden-fronted leafbird
  5. Oriental white-eye
  6. Red vented bulbul
  7. White-browed fantail
  8. Spotted owlet
  9. Black drongo
  10. Darter
  11. Lesser whistling duck
  12. White bellied drongo
  13. Spotted Dove
  14. White throated kingfisher
  15. Small blue kingfisher
  16. Rose ringed parakeet
  17. Jungle babbler
  18. Orange headed thrush
  19. Purple rumped sunbird
  20. Purple sunbird
  21. Common myna
    Crested serpent eagle Dr. Vasant Sahasraduddhe
  22. Scaly breasted munia
  23. Pond heron
  24. Cattle egret
  25. Little egret
  26. Common tailor bird
  27. Black kite
  28. Black shouldered kite
  29. Black-rumped flameback
  30. Indian roller
  31. Rufous treepie
  32. Oriental magpie robin
  33. Indian robin
    Copper-smith barbet Dr. Vasant Sahasrabuddhe
  34. Long tailed shrike
  35. Shikra
  36. Crested serpent eagle
  37. Grey headed fisheagle
  38. Green bee-eater
  39. Coppersmith barbet
  40. Eurasian golden oriole
  41. Black-hooded oriole
  42. Yellow footed green pigeon
  43. Cormorant
  44. Swifts?
Orange headed thrush Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap
Jangle babble clicked by Dr. Vasant Sahasrabuddhe
Spotted owlet clicked by Dr. Vasant Sahasrabuddhe


F. Mammals
  1. Spotted deer
  2. Hanuman langur
  3. Bonnet macaque
  4. Malabar giant squirrel
  5. Three-striped squirrel
G. Others:
  1. Millipede
  2. Land crab
Dr. Prakash Amte interacting with participants Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap
Allapalli Forest Guest house
Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap
Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

For future programme click on following links:
http://wwfmso.blogspot.in/2014/11/wwf-india-mso-programme-january-june.html
http://wwfmso.blogspot.in/2014/11/wwf-india-mso-camp-to-nagaland-and.html