PICS:INDIA NATIONAL & MIZORAM STATE ANIMAL,BIRD,ETC

SAKEI - BENGAL TIGER

The Bengal tiger is the most numerous tiger subspecies. By 2011, the total population was estimated at fewer than 2,500 individuals with a decreasing trend. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Panthera tigris tigris

Conservation status: Endangered (Population decreasing) Encyclopedia of Life

Height: 90 – 110 cm (At Shoulder)

Gestation period: 104 – 106 days

Mass: Male: 220 kg, Female: 140 kg

Length: Male: 2.7 – 3.1 m, Female: 2.4 – 2.6 m

 NATIONAL BIRD OF INDIA

ARAWN - PEAFOWL

The Indian peafowl or blue peafowl, a large and brightly coloured bird, is a species of peafowl native to South Asia, but introduced in many other parts of the world. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Pavo cristatus

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable) Encyclopedia of Life

Lifespan: 15 years (In the wild)

Clutch size: 4 – 8

Mass: Male: 4 – 6 kg (Adult), Female: 2.8 – 4 kg (Adult)

Length: Male: 100 – 120 cm (Adult, From bill to tail), Female: 95 cm (Adult)

NATIONAL FLOWER OF INDIA

Lotus (Nelumbo Nucifera Gaertn) is the National Flower of India. It is a sacred flower and occupies a unique position in the art and mythology of ancient India and has been an auspicious symbol of Indian culture since time immemorial.

India is rich in flora. Currently available data place India in the tenth position in the world and fourth in Asia in plant diversity. From about 70 per cent geographical area surveyed so far, 47,000 species of plants have been described by the Botanical Survey of India (BSI).

NATIONAL TREE OF INDIA

BUNG - BANYAN

A banyan, also spelled "banian", is a fig that begins its life as an epiphyte,i. e. a plant that grows on another plant, when its seed germinates in a crack or crevice of a host tree or human edifice. "Banyan" often specifically denominates Ficus benghalensis (the "Indian banyan"), which is the national tree of the Republic of India,though the name also has been generalized to denominate all figs that share a common life cycle and used systematically in taxonomy to denominate the subgenus Urostigma.

Like other fig species, including the common edible fig Ficus carica, banyans bear multiple fruit in structures denominated "syncarps. The syncarp of Ficus species supplies shelter and food for fig wasps and, in turn, the trees are totally dependent on the fig wasps for pollination.

Frugivore birds disperse the seeds of banyans. The seeds are small, and because most banyans grow in woodlands, a seedling that germinates on the ground is unlikely to survive. However, many seeds fall on the branches and stems of other trees or on human edifices, and when they germinate they grow roots down toward the ground and consequently may envelop part of the host tree or edifice. For this reason banyans bear the colloquial name "strangler fig". A number of tropical banyan species that compete for sunlight, especially of the genus Ficus, exhibit this strangling habit.

The leaves of the banyan tree are large, leathery, glossy, green, and elliptical. Like most figs, the leaf bud is covered by two large scales. As the leaf develops the scales abscise. Young leaves have an attractive reddish tinge.

Older banyan trees are characterized by aerial prop roots that mature into thick, woody trunks, which can become indistinguishable from the primary trunk with age. Old trees can spread laterally by using these prop roots to grow over a wide area. In some species, the prop roots develop over a considerable area that resembles a grove of trees, with every trunk connected directly or indirectly to the primary trunk. The topology of this massive root system inspired the name of the hierarchical computer network operating system "Banyan VINES".

In a banyan that envelops its host tree, the mesh of roots growing around the latter eventually applies considerable pressure to and commonly kills it. Such an enveloped, dead tree eventually decomposes, so that the banyan becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow, central core. In jungles, such hollows are very desirable shelters to many animals.

 NATIONAL EMBLEM OF INDIA

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Armiger Republic of India

Adopted 26 January 1950

Motto Satyameva Jayate

"Truth Alone Triumphs"

The State Emblem of India, as the national emblem of India is called, is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, preserved in the Varanasi Sarnath Museum in India. It was adopted on 26 January 1950, the day that India became a republic.

The emblem forms a part of the official letterhead of the Government of India and appears on all Indian currency as well. It also functions as the national emblem of India in many places and appears prominently on Indian passports. The Ashoka Chakra (wheel) on its base features in the centre of the national flag of India.

The usage of the emblem is regulated and restricted under State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005. No individual or private organisation is permitted to use the emblem for official correspondence.

The actual Sarnath capital features four Asiatic lions standing back to back, symbolizing power, courage, confidence and pride mounted on a circular base. At the bottom is a horse and a bull, and at its centre is a beautiful wheel (Dharma chakra). The abacus is girded with a frieze of sculptures in high relief of an elephant (of the east), a bull (of the west), a horse (of the south), and a lion (of the north), separated by intervening wheels, over a lotus in full bloom, exemplifying the fountainhead of life and creative inspiration. Carved from a single block of sandstone, the polished capital is crowned by the Wheel of the Law (Dharma Chakra).

In the emblem adopted by Madhav Sawhney in 1950, only three lions are visible, the fourth being hidden from view. The wheel appears in relief in the centre of the abacus, with a bull on the right and a galloping horse on the left, and outlines of Dharma Chakras on the extreme right and left. The bell-shaped lotus beneath the abacus has been omitted.

Forming an integral part of the emblem is the motto inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari script: Satyameva Jayate सत्यमेव जयते (English: Truth Alone Triumphs).This is a quote from Mundaka Upanishad, the concluding part of the sacred Hindu Vedas.

STATE ANIMAL OF MIZORAM

SAZA - SEROW

State animal of Mizoram (Serow) complete detail – updated. Description of State animal of Mizoram. Name of the State animal of Mizoram is Serow. Habit and habitat of Serow. They prefer mountainous areas at altitudes of between 200 to 3,050 meter.

Serow is a beautiful animal, with uniquely distinctive pointing horns, length measures about 15 to 25 cm. The horns usually have a slight curve.  They are good climbers. The age of sexual maturity is between 2 to 3 years.

The breeding season occurs between the months of October and November. The gestation period is between 205 to 230 days. They usually gives birth to 1 offspring. The average lifespan of Serow is between 10 to 20 years.

STATE BIRD OF MIZORAM

VAVÛ - HUME PHEASANT

Mrs. Hume's pheasant, also known as Hume's pheasant or bar-tailed pheasant, is a large, up to 90 cm long, forest pheasant with a greyish brown head, bare red facial skin, chestnut brown plumage, yellowish ... Wikipedia

Scientific name: Syrmaticus humiae

Higher classification: Syrmaticus

Rank: Species

STATE FLOWER OF MIZORAM

SENHRI - RED VANADA

The Red Vanada flower is state flower of the Indian state Mizoram. It is a flowering plant or angiospermae, belongs the Papaveraceae family. This flower is being used for many purposes such as food, narcotic medicinal, decoration and recreational drugs. It has been greatly used since ancient human history. The Red Vanada becomes a symbol of amazing remembrance of fighters who have finally killed during wartime.

Classification

This red Vanada has total four to six petals, various stamens creating an amazing conspicuous whorl just at the centre of main flower. The tree of this flower usually grows to four feet in height. Moreover, the petals of flower are very showy and could be of any kind of colour. But as everyone knows that red Vanada is among the best one. The red beauty of this flower attracts everyone towards it. This is the main reason that this flower is being grown especially for garden and decorative lawn purposes. It is also called Papaver Somniferum and is mostly grown in southern and eastern parts of Asia and eastern southern parts of Europe.

Symbolism

It has long been uses as an important symbol of peace, sleep and death. It symbolises sleep because of its opium that extracted from it and death just because of very common blood colour or red. According to roman and Greek mythologies, it was used just as sacred offerings to deities or dead. It also used as great emblems on various tombstones that symbolize spiritual or eternal sleep. The symbolization of this flower has also been used in various books for children. It was also used in great classical mythological books that show the importance of the life and death. It has been greatly used in symbolizing various things in many countries including, India, Australia, New eland, South Africa, Eastern parts of Asia and many tribes of America.

Time Frame

The state flower of Mizoram state, India, red Vanada is a beautiful flower. It opens in the morning and closes in the evening.  When it blooms, it becomes very attractive due to its amazing red colour. The petals of the flower become soft red while half-blooming. However, in the evening, the red colour of the flower becomes dull and less attractive yet it is the most attractive flower.

STATE TREE OF MIZORAM

HERHSÊ - ROSE CHESTNUT

Herh-sê (in Mizo) 

The Indian Rose Chestnut is the State Tree of Mizoram, locally called as nahar or herh-sê .

The flower of the Indian Rose Chestnut tree is the State Flower of Tripura, locally called as nageshwar.

  

Calophyllaceae (Calophyllum family) » Mesua ferrea L.

 This slow-growing tree is named after the heaviness and hardness of its timber. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Mesua ferrea

Rank: Species

Higher classification: Mesua

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