Dudhsagar Khandepar Chronicles

Macaranga peltate, also known as the vatta tree, is a pioneer species that is more likely to be found in forest edges, clearings, and secondary forests than in mature forests. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, and the Andaman's, and can be found in moist deciduous forests, plains, and secondary forests.

It is considered one of the worst terrestrial invasive species in the Old World tropics.

Commonly known as the sensitive plant or touch me not, is found in moist places. Near riverbanks, bunds of arable lands, fallow lands and water courses. Found in the plains from the coast to 1300m. Native of South America, now pantropical.

Introduced fruiting tree, found commonly in India.

Commonly called bitter wine, this is a major weed in plantations, pastures and roadsides and a weed of minor importance in culture and forest. Once established it spreads extremely fast climbing and winding on a backing and covering vegetation. Its stems can elongate 27 mm per day. Its cover intercepts the light and its weight can collapse the supporting plants. It is especially harmful to young plants and nurseries.

Invasive weed, which was initially introduced as an ornamental plant for its yellow flowers.

A large shrub, gregarious, much branched and young branches covered with white, cottony hairs, contains milky latex. It is a native of India, Malaysia and China and distributed in almost all over the world, which is commonly known as “milkweed”.

Ficus hispida is common in secondary forests, at the edges of swamps, and beside rivers.  As a pioneer species capable of surviving in degraded land and drier climates, it is a good framework species for forest restoration.

Also known as Cluster fig, this fast-growing deciduous tree can be found in India, Burma, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Australia. It prefers moist soil and can grow in full sun or part shade, in light, medium, or heavy soils, and in semi-shade or no shade. It can grow as an understory or canopy tree, and is commonly found along streams and rivers.

The willow-leaved water croton (Homonoia riparia) is a mangrove species that grows in wet, flooded areas, such as river banks and stream beds. It can withstand annual flooding and even up to nine months of submersion during the rainy season. The plant's long root system protects it from being uprooted, and it can grow in a variety of soils, including sand, granite, shale, and calcareous soil. It prefers sunny, exposed areas in streams that aren't too fast or deep.

Native species found in the Western Ghats and the Eastern Himalayan Region.

Non- native, annual or perennial herbs, undershrubs or shrubs.

Commonly found in dry, open, sandy soil and is commonly distributed throughout India.

Commonly known as Indian Heliotrope, it is a herb commonly found in India.

Barringtonia acutangula, also known as the Indian Putat, is a freshwater mangrove tree that can thrive in both dry and soggy soil. It's a water-loving evergreen tree that's adapted to floodplains.

Endemic and endangered species found in the Western Ghats.

They are commonly called white figs and are considered as key stone species in many ecosystems supporting diverse flora and fauna.

Freshwater mangroves found in semi- evergreen landscapes along rivers.

Small- medium sized deciduous tree.

A tropical shrub with shiny green leaves and clusters of small red or purple berries, commonly called Bandicoot berries and are found in secondary and disturbed forests.

Haplanthodes verticillatus, also known as the spiny bottle brush, is a herb native to India that grows in West and Central India.

Lygodium japonicum is a species of fern that is known by the common names vine-like fern and Japanese climbing fern. It is native to eastern Asia, including Taiwan, Japan, Korea, southeastern Asia, and India, and eastern Australia.

Also known as Dense-flower Knotweed, it grows on shores of lakes, ponds, riverbanks, forested wetlands, pastures, disturbed ground.