The World’s Rarest Tree

The last of its species remaining in the wild, in the shola forests of the Western Ghats. Thought to be extinct, and known previously only from a single specimen, it is being propogated by the Vattakanal Conservation Trust as a last-chance conservation. To learn more, or to contribute to their conservation initatives, visit www.vattakanalconservationtrust.org

Location:

State: Tamil Nadu
Locality: Kodaikanal: Hiding in the jungles

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Botany:

Common name: Blascoi Elaeocarpus: A critically endangered forest-edge tree of the Indian tropical mountain shola forests
Botanical species: Elaeocarpus blascoi
Botanical family : Elaeocarpaceae [Elaeocarpus]

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: 23.12.09

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