Saturday 5 January 2013

Branched palm- Hoka(Hyphaene Indica)



This is a typical  palm tree with multi branches seen at beaches at Surat and Diu.It is the only one specious of African genus brought to India by Portuguese.This was photographed by me near the Ubharat beach of Navsari, Gujrat.

4 comments:

  1. nice blog.. better to put watermarks/copyright signs on the photos.

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  2. sir,its not at all an introduced species, it sour native germplasm

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  3. can this palm be cultivated in south India? sapling of this species available?

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