Adi Shankara’s Ancient Mulberry

Location:

• State: Uttarakhand
• Locality: Joshimath: In Joshimath town

Botany:

• Common name: Himalayan Mulberry: This tree of the mountain forests has delicious fruit and can reach more than a thousand years of age
• Botanical species: Morus serrata
• Botanical family : Moraceae [Mulberry or fig]

Geography:

• Latitude: 30.55546684 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 79.55959636 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 1907.1 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• The Green Mountains of Uttarakhand
• Path : Living in Mussoorie, with visits towards Nanda Devi, Haridwar, and Rishikesh
• Date photographed: 24.09.08

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