The Plant With a Strange Name - Elephant foot Yam

The Elephant foot Yam comes out of the ground.
It seems to be someone planted a dragon tooth in the soil!




Two Elephant foot Yam plants come out of the ground.




The plant comes out of it's protective covering.




Elephant foot Yam plants.




Two Elephant foot Yam plants. The cooked tubers are
used as food.




Elephant foot Yam plants.




The stem of the Elephant foot Yam plant, has different
shades of green.
Other names of Elephant foot Yam plant
(Amorphophallus paeoniifolius):
Stink lily, Senai Kilangu, Suran.

Elephant foot Yam. (Upside down view)

Links (External)
1. Elephant foot Yam plants - davesgarden.com
2. Elephant foot yam - Wikipedia
2. Tuber - Wikipedia
3. Elephant foot Yam tuber fry - sulekha.com

Stones and Sand grains!

Red colored stone. It has a crystalline structure.
The stones have many different colors, shapes and textures.
They are different type of rocks like Granite, Quartz
Monzonite, Lime stone, Sand stone etc.




Quartz stone.




Red and white colored quartz stone.




Mica.
This mica is placed on another stone.





"To see a World in a Grain of Sand......" by William Blake

River sand grains. They have different colors and shapes.
Macro view.




River sand grains. Macro view.





Pebble stones from the river. The rough edges of the stones
are smoothed out by the action of running water.




Small stones from the river sand.




Pebble stones.




Small stones from the river sand.


Related Posts
Micro view of Stones - Microbeauty

Links - External
1. Rocks - about.com
2. Rocks - Wikipedia

Village Scenes - Palm trees near the village

Palmyra Palm trees.
Palmyra tree's leaves were used in ancient India as a writing
material, like paper. It's young seeds are eatable, tasty, looks
like jelly and contains water in the center. When we were
young, we roasted the fruits and ate them.
Link (External) - Palmyra tree - Wikipedia.




Coconut palm trees visible through the two Palmyra trees.




Coconut Trees wit other trees.
We use coconuts in our every day foodpreparation and
drink the coconut water. Coconut chutneyis one of our
favorites.
Link (External) - Coconut - Wikipedia




Closeup view of a coconut tree with coconuts.
The brooms made from the dried coconut leaf parts are
used to sweep the outside area of the houses. Some people
grow them near their houses. Unlike Palmyra Trees,
coconut trees require regular watering. Palm trees are
propagated using seeds.




Palmyra tree. The center of the palm tree somehow
became thinner.




Palmyra Trees.




Coconut trees and Palmyra trees.




Coconut flowers (left side) and Palmyra fruits.

Related Posts
1.Coconut Trees
2.Trees and small hill (Palm trees)