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Namdapha
Namdapha National Park is a large protected area in Arunachal Pradesh of Northeast India. The park was established in 1983. With more than 1,000 floral and about 1,400 faunal species, it is a biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern Himalayas. The national park harbours the northernmost lowland evergreen rainforests in the world at 27°N latitude. It also harbours extensive dipterocarp forests, comprising the northwestern parts of the Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests ecoregion. It is the fourth largest national park in India. History Namdapha was originally declared a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1972, then a National Park in 1983 and became a Tiger Reserve under the Project Tiger scheme in the same year. Its name was a combination of two Singpho words, namely "nam" which means water, and "dapha" which means origin – the river originates from the Dapha Bum glaciers. Geography and vegetation Namdapha National Park is located in Changlang district of the Northeast Indian state of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namdapha Flying Squirrel
The Namdapha flying squirrel (''Biswamoyopterus biswasi'') is an arboreal, nocturnal flying squirrel endemic to Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India, where it is known from a single specimen collected in Namdapha National Park in 1981. No population estimate is available for ''B. biswasi'', but the known habitat is tall ''Mesua ferrea'' jungles, often on hill slopes in the catchment area of Dihing River (particularly on the western slope of Patkai range) in northeastern India. It was the sole member in the genus '' Biswamoyopterus'' until the description of the Laotian giant flying squirrel (''Biswamoyopterus laoensis'') in 2013. In 2018, Quan Li from the Kunming Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a new squirrel in the same genus while studying specimens in their collection, called the Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel (''Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis''), based on the region it was discovered in. Description ''Biswamoyopterus biswasi'' has red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petaurista Petaurista
The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista petaurista'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae (squirrels). It is found in a wide variety of forest–types, plantations and more open habitats with scattered trees in Southeast Asia, ranging north to the Himalayas and southern and central China. One of the largest arboreal squirrels, all populations have at least some reddish-brown above and pale underparts, but otherwise there are significant geographic variations in the colours. The taxonomic position of those in the Sundaic region is generally agreed upon, but there is considerable uncertainty about the others, which variously have been included in this or other species, or recognized as their own species. Like other flying squirrels, the red giant flying squirrel is mostly nocturnal and able to glide (not actually fly like a bat) long distances between trees by spreading out its patagium, skin between its limbs. It is a herbivore a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapria Himalayana
''Sapria himalayana'', commonly known as the hermit's spittoon, is a rare holoparasitic flowering plant related to ''Rafflesia'' found in the Eastern Himalayas.Adhikari, D., Arunachalam, A., Majumder, M., Sarmah, R. & Khan, M.L. (2003) "A rare root parasitic plant (Sapria himalayana Griffith.) in Namdapha National Park, northeastern India", ''Current Science'' 85 (12), p. 1669PDF/ref> ''Sapria himalayana'' represents the extreme manifestation of the parasitic mode, being completely dependent on its host plant for water, nutrients and products of photosynthesis which it sucks through a specialised root system called haustoria. These haustoria are attached to both the xylem and the phloem of the host plant. Geographical distribution It has been recorded in Namdapha National Park in Northeast India. There are historical records of the species from other areas in Northeast India such as Mishmi Hills Aka Hills in Arunachal Pradesh, and in Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya, but there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares international borders with Bhutan in the west, Myanmar in the east, and a disputed border with China in the north at the McMahon Line. Itanagar is the state capital of Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh is the largest of the Seven Sister States of Northeast India by area. Arunachal Pradesh shares a 1,129 km border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region. As of the 2011 Census of India, Arunachal Pradesh has a population of 1,382,611 and an area of . It is an ethnically diverse state, with predominantly Monpa people in the west, Tani people in the centre, Mishmi and Tai people in the east, and Naga people in the southeast of the state. About 26 major tribes and 100 sub-tribes live in the state. The main tribes of the state a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miao, Changlang
Miao is a sub-division in Changlang district. It is located about 25 km from the Assam border. It is one of the 60 constituencies of Arunachal. Geography and climate Miao is located at . Miao is located in a region where it gets one of the heaviest rainfall in north-east India. The noa-dihing is the most important river flowing through Miao. The mountain range is called Patkai Bum and is the eastern extension of the Himalayas. The tall forests make the region a good haven for smugglers. The Miao region covers the towns of Diyun and Chowkham. Diyun being the stronghold of the Chakmas and Chowkham to the Khamptis. Chowkham has generated wealth from plywood business to a degree that once it was the richest village in Asia. Though it is low in literacy, most of the people here boast of spunky cars. It is a small town, but it is well connected by road and has a transport station with a bus available daily. Tourism Miao is also a popular tourist location. The Namdapha tige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noa Dihing
Dihing or Burhi Dihing (Dihong = wide river ) is a large tributary, about long, of the Brahmaputra River in Upper Assam in northeastern India. The river originates at above sea level in the Eastern Himalayas (the Patkai Hills) in Arunachal Pradesh and flows through Tinsukia (''Tinicukeeya'') and Dibrugarh Districts in Assam to its confluence with the Brahmaputra at Dihingmukh. Its watershed covers about . The Dihing has created number of oxbow lakes in the area. Namdapha river is a tributary of the Dihing on its northern bank. Disang river is a tributary of the Dihing in its southern bank. The Jeypore-Dihing Rainforest, Namdapha National Park, numerous petroleum fields, wet-paddy fields, bamboo orchards and tea gardens provide a unique landscape along its course. Ledo, Margherita, Digboi, Duliajan and Naharkatia (''Nahorkotiya'') are the small towns in its valley. Dihing is the one of the most important contributors to the Brahmaputra River. The plains of the Dihing Valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast India
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Sapria (34)
''Sapria'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. It grows within roots of ''Vitis'' and ''Tetrastigma''. The genus is limited to the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. The flowers of ''Sapria'' are about 20 cm in diameter, bright red with yellow or white dots, unisexual and dioecious. In contrast with the related genus ''Rafflesia ''Rafflesia'' () is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flowers i ...'' the flowers have 10 lobes. Species Four species are described. References *Griffith, Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1: 216. 1844.''Sapria''in ''Flora of China'' 5: 271. 2003.''A rare root parasitic plant (''Sapria himalayana'' Griffith.) in Namdapha National Park, northeastern India''in ''Current Science'', Vol. 85, No. 12, 25 December 2003 External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafflesia
''Rafflesia'' () is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flowers in the world. Plants of the World Online lists up to 41 species from this genus, all of them are found throughout Southeast Asia. Western Europeans first learned about plants of this genus from French surgeon and naturalist Louis Deschamps when he was in Java between 1791 and 1794; but his notes and illustrations, seized by the British in 1803, were not available to western science until 1861. The first British person to see one was Joseph Arnold in 1818, in the Indonesia rainforest in Bengkulu, Sumatra, after a Malay servant working for him discovered a flower and pointed it out to him. The flower, and the genus, was later named after Stamford Raffles, the leader of the expedition and the founder of the British colony of Singapore. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanophora
''Balanophora'' is a genus of parasitic plants in the family Balanophoraceae found in parts of tropical and temperate Asia, including the Eastern Himalayas, Malesia region, Pacific Islands, Madagascar, and tropical Africa. There are about 20 accepted species, including the newly discovered ''B. coralliformis''. Many species emit an odour which possibly attracts pollinators in the same way that pollinators are attracted to ''Rafflesia''. ''Balanophora'' species are used in folk medicine in many Asian cultures. For example, in Taiwan and China, ''Balanophora'' is known as ''she-gu'' (stone-fungus) and in Thailand as ''hoh-ra-tao-su-nak''. In both cases, the plant is used to treat a variety of ailments and has various ritual purposes. The tubers of ''Balanophora'' are rich in a wax-like substance which is used in Java as a fuel for torches. Taxonomy The genus was first described in 1775 by Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg Forster in '' Characteres Generum Plantarum''. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary Forest
A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has re-grown after a timber harvest or clearing for agriculture, until a long enough period has passed so that the effects of the disturbance are no longer evident. It is distinguished from an old-growth forest (primary or primeval forest), which has not recently undergone such disruption, and complex early seral forest, as well as third-growth forests that result from harvest in second growth forests. Secondary forest regrowing after timber harvest differs from forest regrowing after natural disturbances such as fire, insect infestation, or windthrow because the dead trees remain to provide nutrients, structure, and water retention after natural disturbances. However, often after natural disturbance the timber is harvested and removed from the system, in which case the system more closely resembles secondary forest rather than seral forest. Description Depending on the forest, the development o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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