Hydrophylax maritima

[EfloraofIndia_170112PD01_sesuvium portulacastrum_Flora of Odisha]: 13 images.

please find one of the soil binder which help to build sand dunes to protect the soil erosion (first line defense against the storm and sea water intrusion to the agricultural fields of the villagers) followed by casuarina (second line defense) and mangroves (Third line defense). This will be a series of those plants that recently visited to check how safe the coasts are in Astaranga of Puri district of Odisha. This is the first posting of the series. Due to heavy load of field work i am not getting time to share the plants from my region. I wl try my best to highlight the ecological importance of some of these plants through my photography.

Nice set of pics …
When I do field work, I usually carry a small A4 size blackboard with a strip of graph paper pasted on one side for scale. My friend … used a velvet cloth which she used to spread on ground and put the dissected parts on the cloth to take pics. Velvet cloth doesnt shine with flash But she never used flash saying that it changes the
original colour. I remember we both used to spend hours with on our respective black things and at that time we both used film roll camera!! One roll for not more than 3 species was our logic and at the end we had thousands of pics, many of which were drastically bad. When I came to Dehradun after finishing my field work, I had a trunk of albums which i burnt during last Holi :).
Using hand in your pics make it more HANDY pic :).
Hope you understood what I meant.

… I like the way you take photographs of different species.
Another good one from you. The ecological importance written in the post is also worth.
Thanks for sharing. Keep up the work you are doing.

Quite a detailed photography

Thank you so much … for sharing:
I have done great thing today because of this; am collected this plant from Kalingapatnam beach, Srikakulam district in vegetative condition therefore wrongly identified to Peplidium maritimum.
today am realize by this presentation .

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Does this plant by any chance been given a name by locals in Andhra or Telangana?
I was not able to find any.

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I have no idea. It is found in our area also.

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Names of Plants in India :: Hydrophylax maritima L.f. : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image.

via Species‎ > ‎H‎ > Hydrophylax maritima L.f. … family: Rubiaceae

   
hy-droh-FY-laks — Greek: hydro (water); phylakos (watcher, guard) … Dave’s Botanary
muh-RIT-tim-muh or mar-ih-TEE-muh — of or from the sea … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: East Indian water-bluet • Gujarati: દરિયાઈ શંખલો dariyai shankhalo • Kachchhi: લસીઆર lasiaar
botanical names: Hydrophylax maritima L.f. … synonyms: Diodia orientalis J.Koenig ex Roxb. • Sarissus anceps Gaertn. … The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.
January 13, 2019 … Chilika lake

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 a succulent for i.d. – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 4 posts by 2 authors.
Sending once again for i.d., A succulent from Golden Beach, Puri.

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Could it be Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum), commonly found on sea-shores- Flowers of India
Check out other images on the web.
(just got a thought from … s reply against … mail today)

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It is not a Sesuvium. It is more likely a Mesembrianthemum, as … suggested.

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Hydrophylax maritima, Rubiaceae member,

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