Mangroves of Wright Myo Creek, Seeing is Believing
Mangroves of Wright Myo Creek, Seeing is Believing By Debkumar Bhadra Situated at a distance of about 48 km from Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Wright Myo is a small village known for its enigmatic mangrove lined creeks and thick luxuriant forest cover. Being on the western side of South Andaman Island, Wright Myo escaped the devastating effects of tsunami triggered by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. The creeks of Wright Myo region thus boasts of harboring South Andaman’s finest mangroves in its grandeur. Not only mangroves, the semi-evergreen forests on the eastern side of Wright Myo - Shoal Bay road, belonging to Manipur Parvat (earlier called Mount Harriet) National Park range is Andaman’s best known wilderness . It is also worth mentioning that during 203 a group of researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute discovered an interesting tree species identified as Eugenia mooniana Wight belongi...