Saturday, August 22, 2015

Balochistan has extremely vast arid zones in Pakistan but this province is full of wonders. Zhob is also a modest town and the district capital of Zhob is located in Balochistan along the banks of the Zhob river. This river is a tributary of the Gomal river and it passes about four km away from Zhob city. We can describe Zhob in any other write-up in detail but here we’ll tell you about a special organic wonder i-e Kapip Reserved Forest of Balochistan: Where Olive Lives.

Kapip Reserved Forest in Balochistan - Image © Sarfraz Hayat
Kapip Reserved Forest in Balochistan – Image © Sarfraz Hayat

Kapip Reserved Forest is located on the outskirts of Zhob. This natural forest land is the spot of the wild olive trees that are found in the upland locations of the west and north of Pakistan. Kapip Reserved Forest is a no go location and the olive trees are quite protected from the human intervention. Olive trees are evergreen shrubs which is really popular in the Arabian countries and South Asia. Olive has tremendous religious significance near Muslims and the olive tree produces tiny white colored flowers, borne typically on the final year’s wood, in racemes springing from the axils of the leaves. The Olive fruit is a tiny drupe 1–2.5 centimeters (.39–0.98 in) long, thinner-fleshed and smaller in wild plants than in orchard cultivars. Olives are harvested in the green to purple stage. Canned black olives could include chemicals (usually ferrous sulfate) that turn them black artificially.

Kapip Reserved Forest presents a magnificent scenery with the fantastic display of the wild olive trees in the flowering season. The trees of Kapip Reserved Forest of Balochistan, exactly where Olive lives are generally difficult plants that are regarded drought tolerant but some pests are dangerous for them. Kapip Reserved Forest is also the all-natural habitat of shrikes, warblers, buzzards, mistle thrushes, spotted flycatchers and partridges.

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