S for Seeds

For today’s #GreenSpacesDictionary and @mumbaismagic I want to talk about a hashtag that I contributed images to along with a whole bunch of tree lovers brought together by Gangawalker - @dreamersid . The hashtag was #FiftyTrees.

We had to post images of fifty trees and if possible, ID them. That hashtag is still being used somewhere or the other, floating like a seed through cyberspace.

Super spreader

What that little seed of an idea did was that it opened our eyes to the variety of trees in our cities across India and suddenly what was invisible became increased.

Collecting neem seed to make a paste used in traditional treatments
Gateway of India

Try looking for trees or insects or anything you fancy and see a new world of #BiodiversityByTheBay opens up.

ताम्हण (Tamhan), जारुळ (Jarul), मोठा बोंडारा (Motha Bondara) - state flower of Maharashtra
Fragnrant Saptaparani trees in bloom
Hutatmas


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