DELONIX REGIA

Delonix regia, the flame tree, is a species of flowering plant in the bean

family Fabaceae , subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It is noted for its fern-like
leaves and flamboyant display of flowers. In many tropical parts of the
world it is grown as an ornamental tree and in English it is given the
name royal poinciana or flamboyant. It is also one of several trees known
as "flame tree".

CHARACTERISTI
CS flowers of Delonix regia are large, with four spreading scarlet or
-The
orange-red petals up to 8 cm long, and a fifth upright petal called the
standard, which is slightly larger and spotted with yellow and white.
-They appear in corymbs along and at the ends of branches. The naturally
occurring variety flavida (Bengali: Radhachura) has yellow flowers.
COMMON NAME : Flame tree/ -The pods are green and flaccid when young and turn dark-brown and
Gulmohar tree woody.
-They can be up to 60 cm long and 5 cm wide. The seeds are small,
KINGDOM : Plantae
weighing around 0.4 g on average.
CLASS : Angiosperms -The compound leaves have a feathery appearance and are a characteristic
ORDER : Fables light, bright green and are doubly pinnate.
FAMILY : Fabaceae - Each leaf is 30–50 cm long with 20 to 40 pairs of primary leaflets or
SUBFAMILY : Caesalpinioideae pinnae, each divided into 10–20 pairs of secondary leaflets or pinnules.
GENUS : Delonix
SPECIES : D.regia

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 PSIDIUM GUAJAVA
Psidium guajava, the common guava, yellow guava,
 or lemon guava (known
as goiaba in Portuguese and guayaba in Spanish) is
an evergreen shrub or small trees native to
the Caribbean, Central America and South America. It
is easily pollinated by insects; in culture, mainly by the
common honey bee, Apis mellifera.

CHARACTERISTICS
-The guava is a shrub or small tree up to 7 m high, sparsely branched.
-It has aromatic leaves, opposite, entire, 4-8 cm long, with prominent veins
on the underside, resembling ribs. 
-White attractive flowers, grouping from 1 to 3; numerous stamens
COMMON NAME : Guava tree arranged on a width disk. The guava fruit is fleshy, variable in shape and
KINGDOM : Plantae size depending on the variety
CLASS : Angiosperms -Guava is cultivated on varied types of soils, from heavy clay to very light
ORDER : Myrtales sandy soils. Nevertheless, very good quality guavas are produced in river-
FAMILY : Myrtaceae basins. It tolerates a soil pH of 4.5-8.2. Maximum concentration of its
GENUS : Psidium feeding roots is available up to 25 cm (9.8 in) soil depth. Thus the top soil
SPECIES : P.guajava should be quite rich to provide enough nutrients for accelerating new
growth which bears fruits.

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 PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA

Phyllanthus emblica, also known as emblic,[] emblic

myrobalan, myrobalan, Indian
gooseberry, Malacca tree, or amla from
Sanskrit amalaki is a deciduous tree of the
family Phyllanthaceae. It is known for its
edible fruit of the same name.

CHARACTERISTICS
-The tree is small to medium in size, reaching 1–
8 m (3 ft 3 in–26 ft 3 in) in height.
-The branchlets are not glabrous or finely
COMMON NAME : Gooseberry tree pubescent, 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in) long, usually
KINGDOM : Plantae deciduous; the leaves are simple, subsessile and
CLASS : Angiosperms closely set along branchlets, light green,
resembling pinnate leaves.
ORDER : Malpighiales
-The flowers are greenish-yellow. The fruit is
FAMILY : Phyllanthaceae nearly spherical, light greenish yellow, quite
GENUS : Phyllanthus smooth and hard on appearance, with six vertical
SPECIES : P.emblica stripes or furrows.
-Ripening in autumn, the berries are harvested by
hand after climbing to upper branches bearing the
fruits. The taste of Indian emblic is sour, bitter and
astringent, and it is quite fibrous. In India, it is
common to eat emblic steeped in salt water and red
chilli powder to make the sour fruits palatable

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 PELTOPHORUM PTEROCARPUM
Peltophorum pterocarpum (commonly known as copperpod, yellow-
flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame) is a
species of Peltophorum, native to tropical southeastern Asia and a popular
ornamental tree grown around the world .

CHARACTERISTICS

-It is a deciduous tree growing to 15–25 m (rarely up to 50 m) tall, with a

trunk diameter of up to 1 m belonging to Family Leguminosae and sub-
family Caesalpiniaceaea.
-The leaves are bipinnate, 30–60 cm long, with 16-20 pinnae, each pinna
COMMON NAME : Yellow flame tree with 20-40 oval leaflets 8–25 mm long and 4–10 mm broad.
KINGDOM : Plantae -The flowers are yellow, 2.5–4 cm diameter, produced in large
compound racemes up to 20 cm long.
CLASS : Angiosperms
The fruit is a pod 5–10 cm long and 2.5 cm broad, red at first, ripening
ORDER : Fabales black, and containing one to four seeds. Trees begin to flower after about
FAMILY : Fabaceae four years
GENUS : Peltophorum
SPECIES : P.pterocarpum

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 TAMARINDUS INDICA

Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree in

the family Fabaceae indigenous to tropical Africa. The
genus Tamarindus is a monotypic taxon, having only a single species.
The tamarind tree produces pod-like fruit, which contain an edible pulp
that is used in cuisines around the world. Other uses of the pulp include
traditional medicine and metal polish. The wood can be used for
woodworking, and tamarind seed oil can be extracted from the seeds.
Because of the tamarind's many uses, cultivation has spread around the
world in tropical and subtropical zones.

CHARACTERISTICS
- It may reach a height of 10 to 20 m.
- The flowers are pale yellow and streaked with red. When the
tree is in full bloom, the flowers give a yellowish color to the
COMMON NAME : Tamarind tree tree
- The fruits are thick, rough pods that are 4 to 13 cm long and
KINGDOM : Plantae
usually curved. Each pod contains 1 to 10 seeds embedded in a
CLASS : Angiosperms brown, sticky, fibrous edible (but sour) pulp surrounding the
ORDER : Fables seeds.
FAMILY : Fabaceae - Tamarind is widely planted in the tropics and subtropics not
SUBFAMILY : Detarioideae only for its fruits, but also as an ornamental shade tree.
GENUS : Tamarindus Tamarind trees are sometimes clipped into gnarled bonsai in
SPECIES : T.indica Thailand.

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 GLORIOSA SUPERBA
Gloriosa superba is a species of flowering plant in the
family Colchicaceae. Common names include flame lily, climbing
lily, creeping lily, glory lily, gloriosa lily, tiger claw, and fire lily

-The alkaloid-rich plant has long been used as a traditional medicine

in many cultures. It has been used in the treatment
of gout, infertility, openwounds, snakebite, ulcers, arthritis, cholera, 
colic, kidneyproblems, typhus, itching, leprosy,bruises, sprains, hem
orrhoids, cancer, impotence, nocturnal emission,smallpox, sexually
transmitted diseases, and many types of internal parasites.
-  The sap is used to treat acne and head lice, In a pregnant woman, it
may cause abortion. In parts of India, extracts of the rhizome are
applied topically during childbirth to reduce labor pain.`

COMMON NAME : Flame lily CHARACTERISTICS

KINGDOM : Plantae
CLASS : Angiosperms -This species is a perennial herb growing from a fleshy rhizome.
It is scandent, climbing using tendrils, the stem reaching 4 meters
ORDER : Liliales
long.
FAMILY : Colchicaceae  -The leaves are mainly alternately arranged, but they may be
GENUS : Gloriosa opposite, as well. They are somewhat lance-shaped and tipped
SPECIES : G . superba with tendrils, and they are up 13[ to 20 centimeters long.
-The showy flower has six tepals each up to 5[ to 7.6 centimeters
long. They are generally bright red to orange[ at maturity,
sometimes with yellowish bases. The margins may be quite wavy.
-The six stamens also are long, up to 4 centimeters, and each bears
a large anther at the tip that drops large amounts of yellow pollen.
-The style may be more than 6 centimeters long. One flower may
weigh over 2.5 grams.
-The fruit is a fleshy capsule up to 6 to 12 centimeters
long[ containing red seeds.

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 GYMNOSTACHYUM FEBRIFUGUM
Gymnostachyum febrifugum is a herb endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India. It has
medicinal value

CHARACTERISTICS
- Fever Gymnostachyum is an almost stemless herb bearing only scapes
(leafless flowering stems).
- Leaves are up to 7 x 4 cm, ovate, obtuse at apex, blunt and narrowing into
stalk at base. Nerves are 3-4 pairs, hairy below; leaf-stalks 3-9 cm long.
- Flowering stems are up to a foot tall, solitary or few, simple or
branched . Flowers are solitary or 2-4 together; bracts and bracteoles
minute; sepals 3 mm long, hairless.
  2.5 cm long, yellow at mouth; anthers velvety. Capsule
- Flowers are pink,
are 2.5 cm x 2 mm, hairless, seeds 16-20, circular, golden brown.
- Fever Gymnostachyum is found in peninsular India.

COMMON NAME : Fever Gymnostachyum

KINGDOM : Plantae
CLASS : Angiosperms
ORDER : Lamiales
FAMILY : Acanthaceae
GENUS : Gymnostachyum
SPECIES : G . febrifugum

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 SENNA ALATA
Senna alata is an important medicinal tree, as well as an
ornamental flowering plant in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It also
known as emperor's candlesticks,[candle bush, candelabra
bush, Christmas candles, empress candle plant, ringworm shrub.

CHARACTERISTICS

- The shrub stands 3–4 m tall, with leaves 50–80 cm long.

- The leaves close in the dark.
- The inflorescence looks like a yellow candle.
- The fruit, shaped like a straight pod, is up to 25 cm long. Its seeds are
distributed by water or animals.
- The seed pods are nearly straight, dark brown or nearly black, about 15 cm
long, and 15 mm wide. On both sides of the pods is a wing that runs the
length of the pod. Pods contain 50 to 60 flattened, triangular seeds.

HABITAT
Found in many habitats, preferring disturbed, rather open
COMMON NAME : Emporers vegetation such as roadsides, river banks, rain forest edges,
candlestick lake shores, pond and ditch margins, open forest, orchards and
around villages, at elevations up to 1,400 metres, occ 2,100
KINGDOM : Plantae metre
CLASS : Angiosperms
ORDER : Fabales
FAMILY : Fabaceae
GENUS : Senna
SPECIES : S . alata

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 ZINGIBER ZERUMBET
Zingiber zerumbet (awapuhi), also known as bitter ginger, shampoo
ginger (Malay = lempoyang) or pinecone ginger, is a vigorous species of
the ginger family with leafy stems growing to about 1.2 m (3.9 ft) tall. It is
found in many tropical countries. The rhizomes of Z. zerumbet have been
used as food flavoring and appetizers in various cuisines while the
rhizome extracts have been used in herbal medicine.

CHCARACTERISTICS
- Zingiber zerumbet is a perennial. From autumn until spring it goes
dormant above ground as the leafy stems shrivel and die away, leaving the
pale brown, creeping stems (rhizomes) at ground level.
- In the spring, the plant springs up anew. The 10-12 blade-shaped leaves
15–20 cm long grow in an alternate arrangement on thin, upright stem to
1.2 m (3.9 ft) tall. Among the leafy stems, the conical or club-shaped
flower heads burst forth on separate and shorter stalks.
- These appear in the summer, after the leafy stems have been growing for
a while. The flower heads are initially green and are 3 to 10 cm (1.2 to
3.9 in) long with overlapping scales, enclosing small yellowish-white
COMMON NAME : candlestick flowers that poke out a few at a time. As the flower heads mature, they
KINGDOM : Plantae gradually fill with an aromatic, slimy liquid and turn a brighter red color.
CLASS : Angiosperms The flower stalks usually remain hidden beneath the leaf stalks.
ORDER : Fabales
FAMILY : Fabaceae
GENUS : Senna
SPECIES : S . alata

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 JUSTICIA ADHATODA

Justicia adhatoda, commonly known in English as Malabar nut, adulsa, adhatoda, vasa, or vasaka,
is a medicinal plant native to Asia, widely used in Siddha Medicine, Ayurvedc, homeopathy
and Unani systems of medicine.
The plant's range includes Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia,
and China, as well as Panama where it is thought to have been introduced

CHARACTERISTICS

- Justicia adhatoda is a shrub with lance-shaped leaves 10 to 15 centimeters in length by four

wide.
- They are oppositely arranged, smooth-edged, and borne on short petioles. When dry they are
of a dull brownish-green colour. They are bitter-tasting. When a leaf is cleared with chloral
hydrate and examined microscopically the oval stomata can be seen. They are surrounded by
two crescent-shaped cells at right angles to the ostiole. The epidermis bears simple one- to
three-celled warty hairs, and small glandular hairs. Cystoliths occur beneath the epidermis of
the underside of the blade.
- The trunk has many, long, opposite, ascending branches, where the bark is yellowish in color.
Flowers are usually white and the inflorescence shows large, dense, axillary spikes. Fruits are
COMMON NAME : Malabar nut pubescent, and are with club-shaped capsules.
KINGDOM : Plantae
CLASS : Angiosperms
ORDER : Lamiales
FAMILY : Acanthaceae
GENUS : Justicia
SPECIES : J . adhatoda

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 COLACASIA
Colocasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to
southeastern Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and
naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions. Common names include tarul, karkala
ko ganu, elephant-ear, taro, cocoyam, dasheen, chembu, champadhumpa, shavige
gadde, and eddoe. 

CHARACTERISTICS

- They are herbaceous perennial plants with a large corm on

or just below the ground surface.
- The leaves are large to very large, 20–150 cm (7.9–
COMMON NAME : Tarul / Elephant Ear 59.1 in) long, with a sagittate shape. The elephant's-ear
KINGDOM : Plantae plant gets its name from the leaves, which are shaped like
CLASS : Angiosperms a large ear or shield.
ORDER : Alismatales - The plant reproduces mostly by means of rhizomes
FAMILY : Araceae (tubers, corms), but it also produces "clusters of two to
GENUS : Colocasia five fragrant inflorescenes in the leaf axils"
ELEPHANT EAR PLANT WITH BLOSSOM
SPECIES : Colocasia

- They are grown outside year-round in subtropical and tropical areas.

- In temperate regions, they are planted out for the summer and dug up
and stored over winter, dry and with ventilation to prevent fungal
infection. They can be grown in almost any temperature zone as long as
the summer is warm.
- Growth is best at temperatures between 20 to 30 °C (68 to 86 °F). The
plants can be damaged if temperatures fall below 10 °C (50 °F) for more
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 LANTANA
- Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in
the verbena family, Verbenaceae.
- They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced
species in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific region.
- The genus includes both herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0.5–2 m (1.6–6.6 ft) tall.
Their common names are shrub verbenas or lantanas. The generic name originated
in Late Latin, where it refers to the unrelated Viburnum lantana. Lantana's
aromatic flower clusters (called umbels) are a mix of red, orange, yellow, or blue and
white florets.
- Other colors exist as new varieties are being selected.
- The flowers typically change color as they mature,
resulting in inflorescences that are two- or
three-colored.
CHARACTERISTICS

- They are known for their rounded clusters of small,

brightly-colored flowers.
COMMON NAME : Shrub verbanas - The flowers may be yellow, orange, white, red and
KINGDOM : Plantae purple, and often colors are mixed within the same
CLASS : Angiosperms cluster, creating a bicolored effect. Most people
ORDER : Lamiales dislike the smell of the flowers. But the aroma of
FAMILY : Araceae their foliage qualifies them as fragrant plants, in the
GENUS : Lanatana view of some gardeners. The leaves smell, in fact,
like citrus.
SPECIES : Lantana
- Lantana plants can reach 6 feet high (with a
spread of 8 feet) in a Florida landscape. They
are salt-tolerant, making them popular in beach
communities.

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 PARTHENOCISSUS TRICUSPIDATA
Parthenocissus tricuspidata is a flowering plant in the grape family (Vitaceae)
native to eastern Asia in Japan, Korea, and northern and eastern China. Although
unrelated to true ivy, it is commonly known as Boston ivy, grape ivy,
and Japanese ivy, and also as Japanese creeper, and by the
name woodbine (though the latter may refer to a number of different vine
species).

CHARACTERISTICS
- It is a deciduous woody  vine growing to 30 m tall or more given suitable
support, attaching itself by means of numerous small branched tendrils tipped
with sticky disks.
- The leaves are simple, palmately lobed with three lobes, occasionally unlobed
or with five lobes, or sufficiently deeply lobed to be palmately compound with
(usually) three leaflets; the leaves range from 5 to 22 cm across.
COMMON NAME : Grape ivy The flowers are inconspicuous, greenish, in clusters; the fruit is a small dark
KINGDOM : Plantae blue grape 5–10 mm diameter.
- The specific epithet tricuspidata means three-pointed, referring to the leaf
CLASS : Angiosperms
shape
ORDER : Vitales
FAMILY : Vitaceae
GENUS : Parthenocissus
SPECIES : P.tricuspidata

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 JASMINUM
Jasmine (taxonomic name Jasminum /ˈjæsmɪnəm/) is
a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family (Oleaceae). It contains around
200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Eurasia,
Australasia and Oceania. Jasmines are widely cultivated for the characteristic
fragrance of their flowers. A number of unrelated plants contain the word
"Jasmine" in their common names (see Other plants called "Jasmine").

CHARACTERISTICS

- Jasmine can be either deciduous (leaves falling in

autumn) or evergreen (green all year round), and
can be erect, spreading, or
climbing shrubs and vines. Their leaves are born,
opposite or alternate.
- They can be simple, trifoliate, or pinnate. The
flowers are typically around 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in
diameter.
COMMON NAME : Grape ivy - They are white or yellow in color, although in rare
instances they can be slightly reddish. The flowers
KINGDOM : Plantae
are borne in cymose clusters with a minimum of
CLASS : Angiosperms three flowers, though they can also be solitary on
ORDER : Vitales the ends of branchlets. Each flower has about four
FAMILY : Vitaceae to nine petals, two locules, and one to four ovules.
GENUS : Parthenocissus - They have two stamens with very short filaments.
SPECIES : P.tricuspidata The bracKs are linear or ovate. The calyx is bell-
shaped. They are usually very fragrant. The fruits of
jasmines are berries that turn black when ripe.

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 SYZYAIUM CUMINI

Syzygium cumini, commonly known as jambolan,  Java plum or black plum,[is an

evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae. It is native to
the Indian Subcontinent, adjoining regions of Southeast Asia, China
and Queensland. The name of the fruit is sometimes mistranslated as blackberry,
which is a different fruit in an unrelated family. Syzygium cumini has been spread
overseas from India by Indian emigrants and at present is common in former tropical
British colonies.

CHARACTERISTICS
- A slow growing species, it can reach heights of up to 30 m and can live
more than 100 years.
COMMON NAME : Jamun tree - Its dense foliage provides shade and is grown just for its ornamental value.
At the base of the tree, the bark is rough and dark grey, becoming lighter
KINGDOM : Plantae
grey and smoother higher up.
CLASS : Angiosperms - The wood is water resistant. Because of this it is used in railway sleepers
ORDER : Myrtales and to install motors in wells. It is sometimes used to make cheap furniture
FAMILY : Myrtacease and village dwellings though it is relatively hard to work on.
GENUS : Syzquim - The leaves which have an aroma similar to turpentine, are pinkish when
SPECIES : S . Cumin` young, changing to a leathery, glossy dark green with a yellow midrib as#
they mature. The leaves are used as food for livestock, as they have good
nutritional value.

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