Handbook of Landscape

Chapter - 21
List of Plant Material

Medicinal Trees

(Source: Chandigarh Botanical Garden)

Botanical name Common name

Acacia catechu Khair
Adina cordifolia Haldu
Aegle marmelos Bel
Albizzia lebbek Siris
Alstonia scholaris Sataparna
Artocarpus heterophyllus Kathal
Artocarpus chaplasha Barhal
Artocarpus lakoocha Dheu
Artabotrys odoratisissimus Hari champa
Anona squamosa Sitaphal
Anogeissus latifolia Chhal
Anogeissus pendula Dhok
Anthocephlus cadamba Kadam
Azadirachta indica Neem
Bauhinia variegata Kachnar
Boswellia serrata Salai
Bombax ceiba Red silk cotton tree
Butea frondosa Dhak, Palas
Cassia fistula Amaltas
Caesearia tomentosa Chila
Cedrela toona Tun
Cinnamomum camphora Camphor tree
Cinnamum tamala Tejpatta
Cordia dichotoma Lasura
Cocculus laurifolius Tilpara
Commiphora wightii Guggulu
Crataeva adinsonii Barna

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Dalbergia sisoo Shisham

Diospyros Montana Kendu
Elaeocarpus ganitrus Rudraksha
Emblica officinalis Amla
Erythrina variegata Indian coral tree
Eugenia cuspidate Jamoa
Ficus bengalensis Banyan tree
Ficus religiosa Pipal
Ficus glomerata Gular
Garcinia indica Kokum
Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo tree
Gmelina arborea Gambar
Grewia asiatica Phalsa
Holorhina antidysentrica Kurchi
Kigelia pinnata Balamkhira
Lannea coromandelica Jhingan
Madhuca indica Mahua
Mangifera indica Mango
Mesua ferra Nagkesar
Melia azedarach Bakain
Mimusops elengi Maulsiri
Mimusops hexandra Khirni
Moringa oleifera Sohanjana
Morus alba Shahtoot
Murraya koenigii Curry patta
Oroxylum indicum Pharrai
Pterospermum acerifolium Kanak champa
Pithecolobium dulce Jungli jalebi
Pongamia pinnata Karang
Prosopis spicigera Khejri
Psidium guava Amrood

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Putranjiva roxburghii Putranjeeva

Salvadora persica Jal, Pilu
Saraca indica Ashoka
Salix babylonica(water front) Weeping willow
Santalum album Sandalwood
Sapindus mukorossi Ritha
Schleichera trijuga Kusam
Shorea robusta Sal
Sterculia urens
Swietenia mahagony Mahogany
Syzygium cumini Jamun
Taxus baccata Taxus
Tecomella undulata Rohida tree
Tamarindus indica Imli
Terminalia bellerica Bahera
Terminalia chebula Harar
Terminalia tomentosa Sain
Terminalia Arjuna Arjun
Terminalia myriocarpa Hollock

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ORNAMENTAL/FLOWERING TREES

(Source: Chandigarh Botanical Garden)

Botanical name Common name

Acacia auriculiformis Australian Kikar

Albizzia lebbek Siris (Kokoo Tree)
Albizzia procera Safed Siris
Artabotrys odoratissimus Hari Champa
Barringtonia acutangula Samudraphal
Bauhinia alba Safed Kachnar
Bauhinia purpurea Geranium tree/ Kachnar
Bauhinia tomentosa Yellow Kachnar
Bauhinia variegata Kachnar
Bauhinia blackiana Kachnar
Bauhinia sulpharai Kachnar
Bauhinia accuminata Kachnar
Butea frondosa Dhak, Flame of the Forests
Cassia fistula Amaltas
Cassia javanica java-ki-Rani
Cassia nodosa Pink-mohur
Cassia renigera Pink-Cassia
Cassia siamea Kassod
Callistemon lanceolatus Bottle Brush
Chorisia speciosa Mexican-Silk Cotton tree
Delonix regia Gulmohar
Erythrina indica Indian Coral tree
Erythrina blackei Shrub
Jacaranda mimosifolia Nili Gulmohar
Koelreuteria apiculata Koelreuteria
Lagerstroemia thorelli Queen’s Flower

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L.flos reginae Pride of India

Millettia ovalifolia Rosewood
Murraya paniculata Satin Wood
Nyctanthes arboritis Haar Shringhar
Peltophorum ferrugineum Yellow Flame tree
Plumeria alba Pagoda
Plumeria rubra Pagoda
Robinia pseudoacacia Black locust (Kashmiri Kikar)
Saraca asoka Sita Ashok
Tecoma argentea Tecoma tree
Tecomella undulata Lahura
Terminalia myriocarpa Hollock

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