km, as per the annual report of the state’s Forest Department for the year 2014-15. and native had the highest value of 2.94. Butterflies of Karnataka. The ripe fruit has a distinctly yellow colour, with slightly brown ribs, and it makes a great preserve or pickle. Karnataka is spread across a geographical area of 191,791 square km (74,051 sq. Economic Survey Karnataka . The native varieties of mangoes are both juicy and delicious. Birds of Karnataka. Saptaparni/Alstonia scholaris. Carambola (Star Fruit) Photo Source. The tree is state tree of West Bengal and known as Saptaparni in Bengali. Alstonia scholaris is also known as devil tree, native to the Indian subcontinent. Geo-Spatial Data of Mysore Water bodies. S. Suryaprakash from the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, on behalf of the Karnataka State Forest Department, prepared a report citing the importance of NTFPs (Non-Timber Forest Produce) to the tribal communities and the tribal economy. Why trees? Grown in: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. Fauna of Bangalore. 1040.1753. The recorded forest area of Karnataka is 43,356.47 sq. Located in the Hennagara village of Karnataka, a government school celebrated the anniversary of planting 5,500 trees on World Earth Day on its premises. “Considering its rocky terrain and lack of water facilities, we selected trees such as fig, banyan and other ficus varieties whose roots can penetrate even in rocky surfaces, and native trees. Tree species rich-ness was 60, 17, and 78 ha−1, respectively, for native tree-based, exotic tree-based, and mixed systems (Sathish 2005). mi). GRIDSS of Ramnagar District. Local names/Common names/Vernacular names: Chinese Juniper (English) Juniperus communis L., Sp. Distribution: Karnataka (cultivated as an ornamental), wild in W Himalaya, cultivated elsewhere in India; Carambola is a fruit with a waxy skin and a green to golden yellow color. Pl. Forests of Karnataka … Biodiversity of Bangalore Lakes. Distribution: Karnataka (cultivated as an ornamental), native to E Asia and S Russia. 2. Trees are the stars at this blissful beachside home in Karnataka Tucked away in a cove in the Aghanashini estuarine ecosystem on the coast of Karnataka, conservationist Mangal Shetty and his wife Ambika live in a house that is built organically into the environment Alphonso variety was perhaps introduced by the Portuguese. District Wise Raising Plantation of Karnataka . Geo-spatial Data of Bangalore Lakes. The tree mostly occurs in Central region of India and one of the main trees of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. 2.2. 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