description of different indian trees

1. TREES
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2. ASHOKACommon Name: Ashoka Tree
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

3. ARJUNACommon Name: 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

4. IMLICommon Name: Tamarind
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

5. GULMOHARCommon Name: 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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 leaves
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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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
EBONY

13. 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

14. BLACK MULBERRY
Common Name: Blackberry
Scientific Name: Morus nigra
Nature: deciduous, flowering plant
Climate: warm, subtropical and temperate
Height: 12-28 m
Texture: glossy
Shape and color: bush form, oval leaves with
irregularly lobed or toothed edges
Foliage: deeply lobed
Soil type:moist forests and near the streams, on a
well-drained soil, exposed to direct sunlight
Uses: cultivation of silkworms, for its edible fruit

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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:
Soil type:
Uses:

18. HYDRANGEA
Common Name: Hydrangea
Scientific Name: Hydrangea
Nature: flowering plants
Climate:
Height: 30 m
Texture:
Shape and color:
Foliage:
Soil type:
Uses: ornamental plants

19. 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,

20. HIBISCUS
Common Name: Hibiscus
Scientific Name: Hibiscus
Nature: evergreen bush
Climate: warm-temperate, subtropical and
tropical regions
Height: 15 feet
Texture: woody shrubs
Shape and color: green, lanceolate leaves with
toothed edges
Foliage: lanceolate leaves with toothed edges.
Leaves are alternately arranged on the branches
Soil type: well-drained soils in the sunny areas
Uses: Folk medicine, food, landscaping, paper
industry

21. 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

22. 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:
Foliage:
Soil type:
Uses: ornamental plant and is also used
in herbal medicine

23. 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

24. 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:

25. 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

26. 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