Vadaikanal Shola Holly

You can find a specimen of the holly tree- often associated with Christmas and cold European winters- in the montane tropical rainforest of the shola at Kodaikanal. The Vattakanal Conservation Trust has identified these trees as significant elements of the last shola rainforests. To learn more, or to contribute to their conservation initatives, visit www.vattakanalconservationtrust.org

Location:

State: Tamil Nadu
Locality: Kodaikanal: In a shola forest near Vadaikanal

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Botany:

Common name: Holly: The Holly trees are used as ornamentals throughout the temperate and tropical world
Botanical species: Ilex sp.
Botanical family : Aquifoliacee [Holly]

Geography:

Latitude: 10.214563 ° north of the Equator
Longitude: 77.485815 ° east of the Prime Meridian
Altitude: 2046.8 metres above sea level

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Journey:

West Coast Walkabout
Path : From Goa southwards down the Karnataka coast, to the mountain jungles of Wayanad, then across Pallakad Gap, up into Coimbatore and Murayur
Date photographed: 22.12.09

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