This is a small (4 ha) site, a linear fragment separating coffee and tea and stretching from near the road to the Sholayar reservoir in Varattuparai. Heavily degraded in the past, with substantial weed (especially Lantana camara) invasion and liana tangles, this site is nevertheless used by a range of wildlife from rainforest birds to gaur. Our restoration work here began in 2009 with targeted weed removal followed by mixed native species planting.
Species planted
| Species | 2009 |
| Actinodaphne sp. | 8 |
| Aglaia exstipulata | 6 |
| Annonaceae | 1 |
| Antidesma menasu | 2 |
| Artocarpus heterophyllus | 7 |
| Bhesa indica | 2 |
| Bischofia javanica | 10 |
| Canarium strictum | 14 |
| Chrysophyllum lanceolatum | 4 |
| Cinnamomum malabathrum | 14 |
| Cullenia exarillata | 15 |
| Dimocarpus longan | 25 |
| Diospyros sylvatica | 1 |
| Drypetes wightii | 3 |
| Dysoxylum binectariferum | 2 |
| Elaeocarpus munronii | 1 |
| Elaeocarpus serratus | 19 |
| Elaeocarpus tuberculatus | 9 |
| Euodia lunu-ankenda | 13 |
| Ficus exasperata | 1 |
| Ficus sp. | 1 |
| Filicium decipiens | 15 |
| Gnetum ula | 5 |
| Heritiera papilio | 13 |
| Holigarna nigra | 2 |
| Lepisanthus decipiens | 1 |
| Ligustrum perottetii | 2 |
| Litsea floribunda | 4 |
| Litsea glabrata | 14 |
| Litsea insignis | 3 |
| Litsea sp. | 10 |
| Macaranga peltata | 6 |
| Maesa indica | 14 |
| Mallotus sp. | 1 |
| Mangifera indica | 1 |
| Mastixia arborea | 2 |
| Mesua ferrea | 6 |
| Myristica dactyloides | 5 |
| Neolitsea scrobiculata | 2 |
| Nothopegia racemosa | 7 |
| Olea dioica | 2 |
| Ormosia travancorica | 7 |
| Palaquium ellipticum | 4 |
| Persea macrantha | 13 |
| Poeciloneuron indicum | 2 |
| Psychotria anamallayana | 1 |
| Psychotria sp. | 1 |
| Scolopia crenata | 3 |
| Semecarpus travancorica | 13 |
| Sterculia guttata | 10 |
| Syzygium sp. | 21 |
| Toddalia asiatica | 1 |
| Toona ciliata | 4 |
| Trichilia connaroides | 8 |
| Turpinia malabarica | 4 |
| Unidentified liana | 5 |
| Vateria indica | 12 |
| Vepris bilocularis | 2 |
| Vernonia arborea | 6 |
| Total | 390 |
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