more-inStudents and teachers of Carmel School, Peyad, in association with Tree Walk, a tree lovers’ forum, went on a walk around the museum and zoo campus here on Friday morning in search of the four Es—evergreen, endangered, endemic, and exotic—of trees and plants. The walk focused on evergreen trees on the campus such as the Indian cork tree, Java olive tree, Venezuelan rose, Shimshipa tree, ebony, Buddha’s coconut, Indian bullet wood, myrobalan, Malabar iron wood, and tree lettuce. Flower powerThe students took special note of exotic trees such as the Venezulan rose and Tabebuia which have beautiful flowers. Yet another exotic tree that caught the students’ attention was the Calabash tree native to North America/West Indies, also called the beggar’s bowl. The students undertook to share this knowledge with their classmates and organise an interaction with Tree Walk at the school.

Source: The Hindu August 04, 2017 19:35 UTC