What's around us?

“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.” ― A.A. Milne.   It was a tedious thursday morning, I was in my cabin preoccupied with the things which I had to deal in the upcoming classes that day, previous day I had let my students for the field to collect something good for the taxonomical studies. I never expected I will get such a significant surprise the next day. It was a student who managed to discover a small little erect plant with its amazing infloresence happened to be Vitex negundo . Life is full of surprises! life teaches us from unexpected events every time. Initially I thought Vitex is a common plant growing on the waste lands, but it surprisingly turned out to be a vital plant with lots of medicinal benefits. Today's whole story is about Vitex negundo a vital shrub.  Vitex negundo commonly called as nirgundi is another sacred shrub offered by the mother nature for mankind. It is m...

Welcome back to what's around us,  it's the monsoon rainy season in our country. Rainy season unlike the other seasons are the most loved ones, plants, animals, humans every living organisms in this world happily welcome rain. Rain indicates the beginning of life, plants start growing more greener and healthy, we get enough yield and good time for agriculture, better time for animals and best time for mosquitoes to breed.. Mosquitoes??? Yes mosquitoes! Mosquitoes breed luxuriously in the rainy season as there will be more stagnant water bodies formed at this time. Though rainy season is the best for many good things yet has some disadvantages as it comes to the point of human health. Mozzie menace will be at the peak in this period. Henceforth today's article is the continuation of the article "Mozzie menace"  https://whatsaroudus.blogspot.com/2018/08/mozzie-menace.html?m=1 Mosquitoes remind us that humans are not the topmost in the ecosystem. It is known...