Kokan region is famous for delicious alphanso variety of Mango trees. In Maharashtra, the flowers generally appear from January to march and fruits from April to July. Its timber is used for tea boxes, packing cases and planks. Extensively found and cultivated in gardens and Forest parks in Western and Southern India, this large deciduous Lagerstroemea speciosa tree with rounded crown is famous for its reddish violet inflorescence. The tree is found along the banks of rivers and streams in Western Ghats and Kokan region of Maharashtra.
Flowers are in full bloom during summer season.
They live only at the top of trees and seldom come on ground. They move from tree to tree taking amazing leaps with limb outspread, covering as much as twenty feet in a single bound. They are active and agile animals. They are most active in early hours of the day and in the evening. They are shy and wary animals and not easy to discover.