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Do plants travel for real? Yes! All plants need to travel in order to survive. They have to travel a lot and to great distances in order to spread themselves and make sure that their future generations thrives. They do this by several ways by implementing the best techniques known to them. These techniques are shaped by the climate, landscape, agents that are available to disperse their seeds, a few to mention. Some just use the natural elements like wind and water. Some make pacts with animals, birds and insects and some do it on their own. Here are some unique ways handled by some plants to disperse their seeds. Plants always make the best out of what is available to them! ...

The plant is also known as Wild tobacco or Coyote tobacco and is native to western North America and northern Mexico. These plants grow well in these regions. They are widely used for various medicinal purposes and for smoking by the Aborigines in North America. Nicotiana attenuata has been recently studied by many plant biologists and chemists and the observations blew their mind which you’ll read here and get your mind blown! ...

Impatiens are a genus of plants belonging to the family Balsaminaceae. The family Balsaminaceae consists of two genera. One being Impatiens and the other Hydrocera with only one species - Hydrocera triflora. Impatiens is however a large and diverse genus with more than 1000 species of plants. Impatiens are commonly called as Balsam, Jewelweed, Snapweed and Impatiens as well! Okay. Now that you’ve acquainted with the family and the genus, let’s talk about their distribution and their diversity in Western Ghats. ...

Introduction Velliangiri hills are a series of hills in the Western Ghats. It is located in the Boluvampatti forest range of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Velliangiri hills is a popular pilgrimage center in Southern India. It is also called as “Southern Kailash” by the devotees. Every year, pilgrims go by walk through the wilderness across the seven hills to pay their homage to Shiva who is sat at the top of the seventh hill. Usually pilgrimage is allowed only during the dry seasons of March, April and May. It is the most suitable time for trekking these hills as it rains here the rest of the year and makes the pathways really slippery and dangerous. Even more, during the monsoon months, with the bountiful rains, the forests will be lush and there will be huge number of elephants roaming these forests. ...