Location:

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

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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• View a wide range of mapping resources at GeoHack for coordinates: Latitude : 10.214563° N Longitude : 77.485815° E
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• or about the locality: Kodaikanal
• Search Google Images to see other perspectives of the same species: Elaeocarpus blascoi (Blascoi Elaeocarpus)
• Visit the online Wikispecies database to learn more about the taxonomy of the species Elaeocarpus blascoi (Blascoi Elaeocarpus)
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• or about the botanical family : Elaeocarpaceae [Elaeocarpus]

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