{"id":16387,"date":"2022-11-30T15:02:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T15:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/?p=16387"},"modified":"2022-11-30T15:02:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T15:02:06","slug":"wildflowers-found-on-kanha-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wildflowers-found-on-kanha-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Wildflowers found on a walking safari in Kanha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kanha Tiger Reserve is spread across approx. 2000 sq. km, consisting of a mixed moist deciduous forest with Sal patches, grasslands, and bushes, situated in the Maikal hills as an extension of the mighty Satpura range.<\/p>\n<p>At an altitude of 475mtrs. with the Tannur river flowing on the western boundary, Singinawa Jungle Lodge is home to a diverse species of wildflowers. Post monsoon when the forest is still picturesquely dense and lush green, our naturalists team decided to set out and explore the autumn season blossoms. In this landscape across Mandla &amp; Balaghat we have Black Alluvial &amp; Red-Yellow Soil.\u00a0 After multiple walks through this terrain, we encountered an array of wildflowers, after which we had intriguing sit downs with these plants to get a deeper understanding of their importance in this landscape.<\/p>\n<h2>10 species of wildflowers and their local importance and medicinal uses in this landscape.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Name: Sal Leaved Desmodium\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily: Fabaceae\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBotanical Name: <i>Desmodium Gangetic<\/i>um\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal Name: Vankurthi\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The local tribes used these flowers to help people who were mentally disturbed. The tribesmen would burn a clump of these flowers in a room with the patient, it evidently gave them ease and would calm them down drastically. This practice has helped a lot of locals in this area.<\/p>\n<p>These plants are found in open land next to water bodies that have low grass.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Sal-Leaved-Desmodium.jpg\" title=\"Sal Leaved Desmodium\" alt=\"Sal Leaved Desmodium\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:600\">[Photo credit: Ratik]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Name: Elephant Foot\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily: Asteraceae\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBotanical Name: <i>Elephantop<\/i>us Scaber\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal Name: Vantambaku\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When injured cattle get maggots in their wounds, the tribesmen would feed them the roots of this plant. The method was to give them roots of 3 plants at one time and twice a day. The roots would be unwashed and would have to be wrapped in grass or other leaves to trick the animal. The effect of the roots starts within the first hour and after the 3 dose the final maggots which were deep in the wound are also out.<\/p>\n<p>The tribes also used the roots of this plant to help fight dental problems. These plants are only found low on the ground under trees.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Elephant-Foot.jpg\" title=\"Elephant Foot\" alt=\"Elephant Foot\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:600\">[Photo credit: Deepankar Mukherji]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Name: Creeping Tick Trefoil\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily: Fabaceae\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBotanical Name: <i>Desmodium Triflorum<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal Name: Janglee Khira\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These plants fruit post-monsoon, and the local tribes eat the fruits when they are on the field for their crops. These fruits contain high water content which helps them during hot sunny days.<\/p>\n<p>These plants are found in open land near paddy fields.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Creeping-Tick-Trefoil.jpg\" title=\"Creeping Tick Trefoil\" alt=\"Creeping Tick Trefoil\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:600\">[Photo credit: Ratik]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Name: Purple Sow Tristle\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily: Asteraceae\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBotanical Name: <i>Emilia Sonchifolia<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal Name: Unknown\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The milky resin that comes out of the stem is used by locals to paint temporary tattoos.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Purple-Sow-Tristle.jpg\" title=\"Purple Sow Tristle\" alt=\"Purple Sow Tristle\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:600\">[Photo credit: Ratik]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Name: Wild Cosmos\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily: Asteraceae\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBotanical Name: <i>Cosmos Caudatus<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal Name: Unknown\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These flowers are used during a local festival called \u201cGowardhan Pooja\u2019, in this festival an arena is made out of cow dung, and the young calves are brought to play in it. The boundary of this arena is decorated with these flowers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wild-Cosmos.jpg\" title=\"Wild Cosmos\" alt=\"Wild Cosmos\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:600\">[Photo credit: Rakesh Solanki]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Name: Silver Spiked Cockscomb\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily: Amaranthaceae\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBotanical Name: <i>Celosia Argentea<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal Name: Siliyari\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The seeds of this plant is used to help cure urine infections. 3-4 seeds are eaten raw with sugar twice a day for 3-4 days.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Silver-Spiked-Cockscomb.jpg\" title=\"Silver Spiked Cockscomb\" alt=\"Silver Spiked Cockscomb\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:600\">[Photo credit: Ratik]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Name: Spiral Ginger\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily: Costaceae\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBotanical Name: <i>Costus Speciousus<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal Name: Keokand\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As monsoon starts the tribes use the young leaves of this plant, to make edible snacks for themselves. These snacks provide internal body heat when consumed.<\/p>\n<p>These plants are found around dense and hilly forest areas.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Spiral-Ginger.jpg\" title=\"Spiral Ginger\" alt=\"Spiral Ginger\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:600\">[Photo credit: Ratik]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Name: Black Creeper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily: Apocynaceae\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBotanical Name: <i>Ichnocarpus Frutescens<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal Name: Dudhiya Bel | Sariva\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These plants are used to make ropes and are also used for fencing their boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Black-Creeper.jpg\" title=\"Black Creeper\" alt=\"Black Creeper\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:600\">[Photo credit:Rakesh Solanki]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Name: Bristly Buttonweed\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily: Rubiaceae\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBotanical Name: Spermaccoce Articularis\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal Name: Unknown\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The juice from the leaf is extracted to make a medicinal drop for ear pain.<\/p>\n<p>[Photo credit: Ratik]<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bristly-Buttonweed.jpg\" title=\"Bristly Buttonweed\" alt=\"Bristly Buttonweed\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:600\">[Photo credit: Ratik]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Name: Pot Cassia\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily: Fabaceae\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBotanical Name: <i>Cassia tora<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal Name: Charota\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tribes would collect the leaves to make a dish locally called \u201cbhaji.\u201d In earlier times when the tribes didn\u2019t have crops to grow, they had survived for many months just feeding on these leaves with no spices only some salt.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pot-Cassia.jpg\" title=\"Pot Cassia\" alt=\"Pot Cassia\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:600\">[Photo credit: Ratik]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanha Tiger Reserve is spread across approx. 2000 sq. km, consisting of a mixed moist deciduous forest with Sal patches,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kanha-national-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singinawajunglelodge.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}