TREES

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PRAGYAA
VASHISHTHA B.ARCH
(V) SEM 1400166
 Common Name: Ashoka Tree
ASHOKA
 Scientific Name: Saraca asoca
 Nature: Evergreen. Flowering season between
February to April.
 Climate: Rain-forest tree. Central areas of Deccan
plateau.
 Height: 10’ - 15’ tall
 Texture: Warty surface
 Shape and color: Green colored leaves shaped
oblong.
 Foliage: Deep green, shiny foliage
 Soil type:
 Uses: Medicinal purposes
 Common Name: Arjuna
ARJUNA
 Scientific Name: Terminalia arjuna
 Nature: Evergreen. pale yellow flowers
which appear between March and June
 Climate: Humid, sub-tropical climate
 Height: 20 – 25 m
 Texture: Smooth, grey bark
 Shape and color: Green on the top and
brown below
 Foliage: Oblong, conical leaves.
 Soil type: Alluvial soil
 Uses: Silk production
 Common Name: Tamarind
IMLI
 Scientific Name: Tamarindus indica
 Nature: Evergreen
 Climate: Tropical and sub-tropical climate
 Height: 12 – 18 m
 Texture: Fine
 Shape and color: Leaflets are bright green,
elliptical ovular, pinnately veined
 Foliage: Irregular, vase-shaped outline of
dense foliage
 Soil type: Clay, loam, sandy, and acidic soil
 Uses: Cuisines, medicine, metal polish
 Common Name: Gulmohar
GULMOHAR
 Scientific Name: Delonix regia
 Nature: Deciduous
 Climate: Tropical or near-tropical climate
 Height: 5 – 12 m
 Texture: Soft and light
 Shape and color: Green and flaccid when young
and turn dark-brown and woody
 Foliage: Dense, fern-like leaves
 Soil type: Open, free-draining sandy or loamy
soil enriched with organic matter
 Uses: Ornamental
 MANGO
 Common Name: Mango
 Scientific Name: Mangifera indica
 Nature: Evergreen
 Climate: Tropical and subtropical regions
 Height: 35–40 m
 Texture: Rough and scaly or furrowed
 Shape and color: Broad, dark green
 Foliage: Young leaves red, aging to shiny
dark green above, lighter below
 Soil type: Tolerates a variety of soil
 Uses: Fruit, flavouring, medicinal, timber
 SHEESHAM
 Common Name: North Indian Rosewood
 Scientific Name: Dalbergia sissoo
 Nature: Deciduous tree
 Climate: Humid sub-tropical climate
 Height: Maximum of 25 m
 Texture: Leaves are leathery, alternate, pinnately
compound
 Shape and color: Light green with tinge of yellow
 Foliage: large upper branches support a spreading
crown.
 Soil type: Soils range from pure sand and gravel to
rich alluvium of river banks
 Uses: fuelwood, pesticide, construction
 AMLA
 Common Name: Indian gooseberry
 Scientific Name: Phyllanthus emblica
 Nature: Deciduous tree
 Climate: Tropical climate
 Height: 1–8 m
 Texture: Smooth
 Shape and color: Light green, pinnate
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Foliage: Leaves are simple, subsessile and closely
set along branchlets
 Soil type: Light as well as medium heavy
 soil
Uses: Traditional medicine, culinary purposes, other
uses like inks, shampoo and hair oil
 QUEEN OF INDIA
 Common Name: Queen Of India
 Scientific Name: Lagerstroemia speciosa
 Nature: Deciduous
 Climate: Tropical and subtropical areas
 Height: Grow to 20 metres
 Texture: Smooth, flaky bark
 Shape and color:
 Foliage:
 Soil type: Tolerates a variety of soil
 Uses: Ornamental plant
 BARNA
 Common Name: Barna
 Scientific Name: Crateva
religiosa
 Nature: Deciduous
 Climate:
 Height: 30-40’
 Texture:
 Shape and color: green
 Foliage:
 Soil type:
 Uses: dyeing, medicines
 NEEM
 Common Name: Neem
 Scientific Name: Azadirachta indica
 Nature: Evergreen
 Climate: Tropical and semi-tropical regions
 Height: 15 – 20 m
 Texture: Mildly soft
 Shape and color: long. Medium to dark green
 Foliage: Roundish
 Soil type: All types
 Uses: Vegetables, medicinal, pest and disease
control
 EBONY
 Common Name: Ebony
 Scientific Name:
 Nature: evergreen tree
 Climate: typically tropical climate
 Height: 18-30 m
 Texture: finely-textured
 Shape and color: ovate or lanceolate leaves. Bark
is dark grey colored and scaly
 Foliage: wide, multi-branched crowns that spread
horizontally
 Soil type: fertile, moist soil, in tropical rainforests
 Uses: ornamental wood
 BODHI TREE
 Common Name: Peepal
 Scientific Name: Ficus religiosa
 Nature: Evergreen
 Climate:
 Height:
 Texture: Smooth
 Shape and color: heart shaped leaves
 Foliage: Thick
 Soil type:
 Uses: Sacred tree
 BLACK MULBERRY
 Common Name: Blackberry
 Scientific Name: Morus nigra
 Nature: deciduous, flowering plant
 Climate: warm, subtropical and temperate
 Height: 12-28 m
 Texture: glossy
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 PALASH
 Common Name: Flame-of-the-forest
 Scientific Name: Butea monosperma
 Nature: deciduous tree
 Climate: tropical and sub-tropical
 Height:15 m
 Texture: crooked trunk
 Shape and color: pinnate
 Foliage:
 Soil type: alfisol - gray to grayish-brown
coloration and a relatively high fertility
 Uses: timber, resin, fodder, medicine, and dye
 OLEANDER
 Common Name: Oleander
 Scientific Name: Nerium oleander
 Nature: evergreen shrub
 Climate: subtropical and tropical areas
 Height: 2–6 m
 Texture: thick and leathery
 Shape and color: grayish bark. dark-
green
 Foliage: grow in clusters
 Soil type: Tolerates a variety of soil
 Uses: Ornamental gardening
 DESERT PEACH
 Common Name: Desert peach and Desert
almond
 Scientific Name: Prunus andersonii
 Nature: Deciduous
 Climate:
 Height: 2 m
 Texture:
 Shape and color: Serrated, lance-shaped to
oval leaves
 Foliage:
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 HYDRANGEA
 Common Name: Hydrangea
 Scientific Name: Hydrangea
 Nature: flowering plants
 Climate:
 Height: 30 m
 Texture:
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 Foliage:
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 Uses: ornamental plants
 APPLE
 Common Name: Apple
 Scientific Name: Malus Pumila
 Nature: Deciduous
 Climate: cold climate
 Height: 1.8 to 4.6 m
 Texture: soft
 Shape and color: Simple oval
 Foliage: dark green color
 Soil type:
 Uses: edible fruits,
 HIBISCUS
 Common Name: Hibiscus
 Scientific Name: Hibiscus
 Nature: evergreen bush
 C l im a t e : w a r m - temperate, subtropical and
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 Height: 15 feet
 Texture: woody shrubs
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 Soil type: well-drained soils in the sunny areas
 BOTTLE BRUSH
 Common Name: Bottle brush
 Scientific Name: Callistemon
 Nature: evergreen, shrubby tree
 Climate: temperate regions
 Height:10 to 15 feet
 Texture: fury
 Shape and color: red flower spikes
 Foliage: crown is rounded
 Soil type: well-drained, sandy soil. Also
grow in clay or loam
 Uses: ornamental landscaping
 AMALTAS
 Common Name: Golden rain tree
 Scientific Name: Cassia fistula
 Nature: deciduous
 Climate: tropical and subtropical areas
 Height: 10–20 m
 Texture:
 Shape and color:
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 Uses: ornamental plant and is also used
in herbal medicine
 DEVIL’S TREE
 Common Name: Chaitaan
 Scientific Name: Alstonia Scholaris
 Nature: Evergreen
 Climate: Western and Eastern ghats of India
 Height:
 Texture: Rough bark
 Shape and color: Dark green with a whitish
bloom beneath
 Foliage:
 Soil type:
 Uses: packing boxes, black boards, medicines,
landscaping
 CHILKAN
 Common Name: Chilkan
 Scientific Name:ficus retusa
 Nature: Evergreen
 Climate:
 Height: 49’
 Texture: Smooth
 Shape and color: Oval
 Foliage: Dark green leaves
 Soil type:
 Uses:
 JARUL
 Common Name: Jarul
 Scientific Name:Lagerstroemia speciosa
 Nature: deciduous
 Climate: tropical and subtropical areas
 Height: 20 metres
 Texture: smooth, flaky bark
 Shape and color: oval to elliptic
 Foliage:
 Soil type: range of soils
 Uses: Chemical compounds
 BAKUL
 Common Name: Bakul
 Scientific Name: Mimusops elengi
 Nature: evergreen tree
 Climate: tropical forests
 Height: 16 m
 Texture: striations and a few cracks on the
surface
 Shape and color: dark green, oval-shaped
 Foliage: glossy, dark green
 Soil type:
 Uses: Ayurvedic medicine