Flora at MG University, Kottayam.

The Mahatma Gandhi University is located in the forests of the Priyadarshini Hills that surround the Kottayam Medical College & Carithas, the cancer wing. People have built homes & commercial establishments within the precincts & collection of firewood/grass is a frequent sight. Yet for the most part the area is left undisturbed.

As the university has also tried to keep its surroundings as unchanged as possible most of the area within & around it are still densely forested. 

Below are a few plants I found growing extensively in the outgrowths. Also are included a few others that the university has tried to grow painstakingly.

  

  

  

  

The Indian Laburnum

    

                 

      

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 The University has in the long run striven hard to preserve the indigenous flora of the forests. Its recent endeavor has been to  name and label the taxonomic classification of plants within the university campus. 

Visitors to the campus have appreciated the idea but it's hoped that these in addition to educating the students & visitors, it will help preserve these forests.