Tharuvaikulam is a village in Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu in southern India. There are about 3,000, mostly Catholic, families living there. It falls under the Roman Catholic diocese of Thoothukudi and the feast of St.Michael is a popular religious festival.
Sungai Karas is a Chinese new village in Labis, Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia, 3 km south of Labis. It has about 100 houses, while two new housing areas have about 70 houses.
Frensham Common is a large Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) heathland of 373 hectares which includes two lakes; it is owned by the National Trust.
Jimzu, also known as Gimzo, was a Palestinian village, located three miles southeast of Lydda. Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan of Mandatory Palestine, Jimzu was to form part of the proposed Arab state. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the village was depopulated in a two-day assault by Israeli forces.
Nutbourne is a hamlet running north–south situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Pulborough in the Horsham District of West Sussex and is in Pulborough civil parish. It is in the civil parish of West Chiltington.
Calyptrocalyx is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in Papua New Guinea and the nearby Maluku Islands. Ranging from small to large, the palms in this genus are increasingly found in cultivation owing largely to their purple, red, and orange colored, new foliage. At least 26 species have been described while others, known only by local names, have not yet received a taxonomic account. Palms formerly classified within Paralinospadix have been incorporated into this genus. It is named from 2 Greek words meaning 'covered' and 'calyx'.
Actinorhytis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in Oceania and southeast Asia. The lone species, Actinorhytis calapparia is a rain forest inhabitant and has very large fruit. The genus name is from two Greek words meaning 'ray' and 'fold' which describe the endosperm of the seed.
Kangkar Pulai is a village in the north of Mukim Pulai, Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. The township is bordered by Bandar Baru Kangkar Pulai to the north and west, and Taman Sri Pulai Perdana 2 to the north. The rest area on it perimeter are Palm Estates owned by Keck Seng Group.
Panaikulam or Panaikkulam is a village located in the eastern part of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. The inhabitants of this village are primarily Tamil Muslims.
Narendra is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Dharwad taluk of Dharwad district in Karnataka.
Kato Akourdhalia is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 2 km northwest of Miliou.
Daisai is a small town in Contai III CD Block in Contai subdivision in the district of East Medinipur, in the state of West Bengal, India.
Kadambankulam is a small village in the Radhapuram taluk of Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu in southern India. It is seven kilometers from the larger town of Valliyur. Kadambankulam, a hamlet in the extreme south of Vallioor, covers an area of 30 km2. As the major occupation of the villagers is agriculture, around 60% of the area is covered by agricultural land. Kadambankulam enjoys a tropical climate with an average temperature of 31˚C. It has an average annual rainfall of 150 cm, receiving rain both from the Southwest Monsoon and the Northeast Monsoon. Kadambankulam has a population of around 6,000, out of which 3,100 are men and 2,900 are women. Everyone in this village is a member of Ayyavazhi, a monistic belief system closely linked with Hinduism. Kadambankulam is the only known village where all the people belong to the same religion and live as a single community.
Mengkuang Titi is a small Malay village in Central Seberang Perai District, Penang, Malaysia. It is located not too far from the Mengkuang Dam. The village has a population of about 800, and still retains the rustic feel ideal for the development of agricultural and cottage industries.
Binuria is a village in Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India.It is about 150 kilometers far away from Kolkata but only 6 kilometers away from our well known Santiniketan as well as Visva-Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore.
Khayer Khal village is situated under the Maynaguri Community development block at Padamati I Gram Panchayat. It covers 4.5 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi). Its total population is 2473 of which 1308 are male and 1165 female, occupying 534 households. The total families are 282 and BPL families are 237.{all data in 2006*)
Cyrtostachys renda, also known by the common names red sealing wax palm and lipstick palm, is a palm that is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia. It is the only species of the genus Cyrtostachys that can be found to the west of the Wallace Line, the faunal boundary separating the biogeographic realms of Asia and Wallacea. Cyrtostachys renda's name is derived from several words: the Greek prefix κυρτό- (cyrto-) meaning bent or curved, the Greek word σταχυς (stachys) meaning "an ear of grain", and "renda" a Malayan Aboriginal word for palm, which happens to be homonymous to the Portuguese word "renda," meaning income.
Dhab Kalan is a small village of Har Char Dhab Union council, Chakwal District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.
The Jingtang Lotus Root (京塘莲藕) is a pink-flowering aquatic plant. It most likely originated in Jingtang, Huadu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, where it was cultivated for its vegetative parts and seeds. The most commonly eaten component of the plant is its taproot, although its green leaves are eaten as well. This plant is an aquatic perennial. Under favorable circumstances, its seeds may remain fertile for many years. The oldest lotus germination recorded involved 1,300-year-old seeds which were recovered from a dry lake bed in northeastern China.
Ponkapag Pond is a 203-acre impoundment in the Blue Hills Reservation. The pond is located on the border of Canton and Randolph, Massachusetts about a half mile south of Route 128 and a half mile east of Route 138. It has a maximum depth of seven feet and an average depth of four feet. As would be expected on a pond this shallow, aquatic vegetation is pervasive and very abundant. Only a small portion of the eastern shoreline is developed; the southeastern and western shores are bordered by large expanses of marshland. A walking trail circles the pond, with parking at three locations.
