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) 



Kumudini clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

32.  Moha/Indian butter tree(Madhuca longifolia)

33. Tendu/East Indian Ebony(Diospyros melanoxylon)
34. Bamboo(Dendrocalamus strictus)
35. Chinch/Tamarind (Tamarindus indiaca)
36. Babhul/Gum arabic (Acacia nilotica subsp indica)
37. Garari (Cleistanthus collinus)
38. Shirish/Siris tree (Albizia lebeck)
39. Aboli/Firecraker flower(Crossandra infundibuliforms)
40. Ukshi/paper flower climber (Calycopteris floribanda)
41. Apta/Bidi leaf tree (Bauhinia racemosa)
42. Kanchan/Purple bauhinia(Bauhinia purpurea)
43. Lokhandi/torch tree (Ixora pavetta)
44. Jackal jujube (Ziziphus oenoplia)
45. Kusum/Ceylon oak (Schleichera oleosa)
46. Kalam/Kaim (Mitragyna parvifolia)
47. Dhavda/Axle wood tree (Anogeissus latifolia)
48. Kumudini/water snowflake ( Nymphoides indica)
49. Kanchari/Sessile joyweed (Alternanthera sessilis)
50. Gardenia latifolia
51. Gela/Mountain pomegranate (Catunaregam spinosa)
52. Nana/Ben teak (Lagerstroemia microcarpa)
53. Hivar/white bark acacia (Acacia leucophloea)
54. 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