FIELD TRIP WITH PATRICK BLANC IN INDIA - WESTERN GHATS 1 - BRAHMAGIRI TO ERAVIKULAM

The Botanist Patrick Blanc takes you to a Field Trip in the forests of the Western Ghats, the mountain range along the Arabian sea in the southwest of the Indian subcontinent, in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. You’ll follow him in Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, the Nilgiri Mountains, Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary and Eravikulam National Park. This geologically and climatically isolated area is globally a hotspot of biodiversity just as exemplified by some genera like Impatiens and Strobilanthes.
We thank Anoop Balan for the identification of Neurocalyx calycinus and Grona ferruginea as well as Santosh Nampy and Sekarathil Resmi for the identification of Sonerila nemakadensis.
Credits songs : Rasikkum Seemane by Pascal Héni, Dancer : Anusha Cherer
Suhana Safar by Pascal Héni
Filmed & Produced by Pascal Héni
PasPat 2023

Plant & animal list :
Abutilon hirtum , Abutilon indicum , Actinopteris radiata , Aeschynanthus perrottetii, Albizia amara, Alpinia malaccensis, Alstonia venenata , Angiopteris helferiana, Anodendron parviflorum, Balanophora fungosa (Female plant), Balanophora fungosa (Male plant), Bambusa bambos, Barleria mysorensis, Barleria prionitis, Borassus flabellifer, Butea monosperma, Caralluma adscendens, Catunaregam torulosa, Cissus quadrangularis, Commiphora caudata, Crinum viviparum, Crossandra infundibuliformis, Crotalaria fysonii, Cryptocoryne spiralis, Cyclea peltata, Debregeasia longifolia, Dendrobium ovatum, Dracaena (syn. Sansevieria) ebracteata, Drimia indica, Elatostema sessile, Eumyias albicaudatus, Euphorbia antiquorum, Ficus benghalensis, Ficus microcarpa, Ficus mollis, Ficus racemosa, Gmelina arborea, Grevillea robusta, Ratufa macroura, Grona (syn. Desmodium) ferruginea, Hedyotis leschenaultii, Henckelia incana, Heptapleurum (syn. Schefflera) cf. capitatum, Heptapleurum cf. capitatum, Hibiscus canescens, Hypericum mysurense, Impatiens henslowiana, Impatiens leschenaultii, Impatiens pallidiflora, Impatiens sp., Indianthus virgatus, Ipomoea pes-tigridis, Ipomoea staphylina, Jasminum auriculatum, Jerdonia indica, Lagenandra ovata, Lobelia leschenaultiana, Lobelia nicotianifolia, Lobelia nicotianifolia, Loriculus vernalis, Macaca radiata, Maesa indica, Mahonia leschenaultii, Mahonia leschenaultii, Medinilla beddomei, Melinis repens, Mezoneuron (syn. Caesalpinia) cucullatum, Neurocalyx calycinus, Oberonia sp., Operculina turpethum, Ophiopogon intermedius, Osbeckia leschenaultiana, Osbeckia reticulata, Pandanus cf. unipapillatus, Peliosanthes teta subsp. humilis, Peperomia tetraphylla, Phyllanthus lawii, Pilea melastomoides, Pinanga dicksonii, Piper sp., Plumeria rubra, Pothos scandens, Psychotria cf. truncata, Rhododendron arboreum subsp. nilagiricum, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, Rubus fairholmianus, Solanum lasiocarpum, Sonerila nemakadensis, Strobilanthes cf. callosa, Strobilanthes consanguinea, Strobilanthes kunthiana, Strobilanthes lupulina, Thottea siliquosa, Thunbergia coccinea, Thunbergia fragrans, Thunbergia mysorensis, Thunbergia mysorensis (pure yellow form) C