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Timely blooming of burans brings cheer among locals ecologists

| Wednesday | 13th March, 2019

Burans juice is believed to have high medicinal properties and hence it has a wide market.“We are able to sell one litre of burans juice for around Rs. Kandari, a farmer from Kheda village of Tehri Garhwal district.Rhododendron arboreum or Burans as it is locally called, generally occurs at altitudes ranging between 1200 and 2500 metres above sea level. It is a small sized tree that occurs along with Oak species in mixed forests.Burans has great significance for local communities who process the blood-red coloured flowers of this tree to make squash and jam that fetch good prices in the markets. Mussoorie: To the merry of tourists, burans trees have begun to flower around Mussoorie lending an enchanting red hue to the queen of hills.Local residents believe that this year flowering has begun on time and this has significant connotations for both environmentalists as well as for the village communities.“Last year, the flowering occurred in the month of February instead of March-April and consequently the flowers were either washed away in the subsequent rains or were not of good quality but this year the flowering seems to be on time and the flowers are of better quality,” opines J.S. 80 in the market,” says Sarita Devi, of Silla village near Raipur lamenting that last year the flowering was less and also the flowers were not of good quality.Good blossoms of burans this year augurs well for entrepreneurs such as Sarita Devi who earn significant seasonal incomes by processing the flowers of this tree.Meanwhile, timely flowering of burans has also brought cheer for ecologists who feel that the good bloom is an outcome of colder winters and good snowfall.“We had good snowfall and cold climate this winter which led to burans flowering in the month of March while over the past few years burans was flowering in February,” says Dr. Rajendra Singh Bisht, former Chief Conservator of Forests.Although timely and abundant flowering of burans has brought some cheer but community members such as Kandari and Sunita are also concerned about the depleting forests of Burans.“Over the past 5-10 years the number of burans trees in the forests adjoining my village has reduced and also the number of young trees seems to have come down,” Kandari informs.Reacting to this, Dr. Rajendra Singh remarks that while collecting flowers the community members must leave a few flowers so that these could lead to natural regeneration of burans in the subsequent year.It must be mentioned that while Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand and Sikkim it is the state flower of Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh.

Mussoorie: To the merry of tourists, burans trees have begun to flower around Mussoorie lending an enchanting red hue to the queen of hills.Local residents believe that this year flowering has begun on time and this has significant connotations for both environmentalists as well as for the village communities.“Last year, the flowering occurred in the month of February instead of March-April and consequently the flowers were either washed away in the subsequent rains or were not of good quality but this year the flowering seems to be on time and the flowers are of better quality,” opines J.S. Kandari, a farmer from Kheda village of Tehri Garhwal district.Rhododendron arboreum or Burans as it is locally called, generally occurs at altitudes ranging between 1200 and 2500 metres above sea level. It is a small sized tree that occurs along with Oak species in mixed forests.Burans has great significance for local communities who process the blood-red coloured flowers of this tree to make squash and jam that fetch good prices in the markets. Burans juice is believed to have high medicinal properties and hence it has a wide market.“We are able to sell one litre of burans juice for around Rs. 60 to Rs. 80 in the market,” says Sarita Devi, of Silla village near Raipur lamenting that last year the flowering was less and also the flowers were not of good quality.Good blossoms of burans this year augurs well for entrepreneurs such as Sarita Devi who earn significant seasonal incomes by processing the flowers of this tree.Meanwhile, timely flowering of burans has also brought cheer for ecologists who feel that the good bloom is an outcome of colder winters and good snowfall.“We had good snowfall and cold climate this winter which led to burans flowering in the month of March while over the past few years burans was flowering in February,” says Dr. Rajendra Singh Bisht, former Chief Conservator of Forests.Although timely and abundant flowering of burans has brought some cheer but community members such as Kandari and Sunita are also concerned about the depleting forests of Burans.“Over the past 5-10 years the number of burans trees in the forests adjoining my village has reduced and also the number of young trees seems to have come down,” Kandari informs.Reacting to this, Dr. Rajendra Singh remarks that while collecting flowers the community members must leave a few flowers so that these could lead to natural regeneration of burans in the subsequent year.It must be mentioned that while Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand and Sikkim it is the state flower of Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh.

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