Flora

Flora of India is very diverse and I have been studying what plants I can find with the help of wikipedia and this website   it is called ecoindia and has lots and lots of information about plants, flowers, and their regions and habitats. 

Because my illustrations are gong to include a lot of foliage I need to consider this research and see what plants I am going to include in these illustrations. One very interesting plat that I have come across is the Kulu tree, also known as the Ghost Tree. It has white trunk and leafy bark. It goes dormant in the summer, sheds its leafy bark and you can see its white trunk, keeping a minimal number of leaves in bunches that end up looking like flowers. Its a really beautiful tree and I think it might look quite nice in the scene where Mowgli encounters the wolves in front of their den. 

below is an iimage of the Kulu aka Ghost Tree