Location:

• State: Gujarat
• Locality: Diu Island: Near airport

Botany:

• Common name: Branching Doum Palm: One of the only palm trees in the world that branches, this tree is found on the west coast of India
• Botanical species: Hyphaene dichotoma
• Botanical family : Arecaceae [Palm]

Geography:

• Latitude: 20.713703 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 70.928142 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 12.6 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• The Western Deserts
• Path : From Mumbai into western Gujarat-Saurashtra, up to Mount Abu, then into the Rajasthani deserts at Jodhpur and Jaisalmer,
• Date photographed: 19.03.10

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