Excursion Tour Mahabaleshwar for T.Y.B.SC. Botany students on Saturday 29/12/2018.
Excursion Tour Mahabaleshwar for T.Y.B.SC.
Botany students on Saturday 29/12/2018.
No
of Beneficiaries: 09
In
charge: Dr Rafik U. Shaikh.
Teacher
Accompanied: Mrs. Shaikh Meherunisa M.
Objective
of the study tour: To make the students understand the
vegetation of Mahabaleshwar.
The study tour organized for the
students to Mahabaleshwar included special visit to Gureghar forest conservatory
for research & development. The
students were able to observe a conserved area spread on 100 acres of
land. Mr. More who is a forester explained
about the working of the conservatory with special reference to 25 different
species of Eucalyptus which were taken care of & different
gymnospermic plants like Pinus, Podocarpus,
Cuperesus and Aurucaria etc. Noteworthy
was two plants of Agathis robusta
which were near the entrance gate and more than 300 years old.
With
permission of the forest officer students collected few wild plant specimen for
the preparation of herbarium. They were also enriched with first hand
information of some important medicinal plants which are grown and nurtured in
the plant nursery of the conserve. Students were able to observe some of the
medicinal plants and know the medicinal importance of them.
Comments
Post a Comment