This document provides information on different plants and flowers that are significant in various Indian states and union territories. Some key points mentioned are: - Jasmine is known as the "Queen of the Night" in India due to its intoxicating nighttime perfume. It is significant in states like Andhra Pradesh, Goa and West Bengal. - The lotus flower is a symbol of sun, rebirth and creation in ancient India. It is able to maintain a stable temperature. States that associate with it include Haryana and Karnataka. - Orchids, vandas and rhododendrons are important flowers mentioned for states like Mizoram, Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh

1. Andhra Pradesh
• Jasmine is known in India as the "Queen of the Night" because
of it's intoxicating perfume that is released at night.
JASMINE

2. Arunachal Pradesh
LADY’S SLIPPER
• The shape of the lip of the flower is slipper shaped which
gives it it’s name.
CHHATTISGARH

3. ASSAM
• an essential part of Assamese culture, and is considered to be
a symbol of love, fertility and merriment.
KOPAU PHUL

4. • The bark of this tree is used in making tonics and astringent.
It has vibrant colours.
BIHAR
ORCHID TREE
(KACHNAR)

5. • Assagoa is the flower valley of goa. RED Jasmine is used to
cause relaxation and to heighten sexual desires.
gOA
RED JASMINE

6. GUJARAT
AFRICAN MARIGOLD
• They are used as medicine and as ceremonial offering to the
sun gods in the district of Surat.

7. HARYANA
• It is a symbol of sun, rebirth and creation in ancient India. It is
able to maintain stable temperature of the flower.
LOTUS

8. • It is used in landscaping and for decoration of woodland gardens.
It is also known as Rose tree. Pollen and Nectar maybe toxic.
HIMACHAL Pradesh
PINK RHODODENDRON

9. JHARKHAND
• It is associated with folk tradition. It is said that tree is a form
of AGNI, the god of fire and war.
PALASH

10. • The flowers are of ritual importance in the vishu festival of
kerala. It’s flower symbolize Thai royalty.
kerala
GOLDEN SHOWER TREE

11. • It symbolizes purity for roman Catholics. Cats are extremely
sensitive to the toxicity of the plant and ingestion is often fatal.
MADHYA PRADESH
MADONNA LILY

12. • Also known as Pride of India. It is used to control body sugar
level. The flower of this plant blooms once in a year.
MAHARASHTRA
JARUL

13. • It is believed that the plant can only be grown on the tops of
Shirui Hill. It is used in treating skin and stomach problems.
manipur
SIROI LILY

14. • The name Vanda came from the Sanskrit word for orchid. Known
as “air plants” vanda’s do not need soil to grow.
mizoram
RED VANDA

15. • Rhododendron is also known as "rose tree" because it often
produces flowers in trusses, just like some types of roses
NAGALAND
RHODODENDRON

16. ODISHA
ASHOKA
• It bears orange and yellow flowers in bunches. This tree is
considered one of the most sacred trees in the Indian traditions
and it is dedicated to love God Kama.

17. PUNJAB
GLADIOLUS
• The English used the gladiolus flower's stem base (corms) as a
poultice and for drawing out thorns and splinters.

18. RAJASTHAN
ROHIDA
• Timber is fairly used for making furniture, carts, oil presses.
Saffron colour dye is said to be extracted from its flowers by
traditional dyers

19. • Orchids can live on the ground (terrestrial forms), attached to
woody plants (epiphytic types) or under the ground.
sIKKIM
NOBLE ORCHID

20. TAMIL NADU
GLORY LILY
• The name Gloriosa means ‘full of glory’ and the specific epithet
superba means ‘superb’, alluding to the striking red and yellow
flowers.

21. TELENGANA
RANAWARA
• it is also referred to as “Matara tea” owing to the fact that it is
widely used in the Matara area as a tea.

22. TRIPURA
NAG KESAR
• Known as the Steel Wood tree, it has the hardest bark of all
trees in the world.

23. UTTAR PRADESH
SCARED TREE
• Also called palash, tesu or Flame of the Forest, the plant
grows as a medium-sized tree and is a native to India.

24. • named after Brahma, the God of Creation, probably blooms
only for one night in the entire year, somewhere between July
and September.
UTTARAKHAND
BRAHMA KAMAL

25. NIGHT FLOWERING JASMINE
WEST BENGAL
• Night-blooming jasmines flower up to four times per year,
after which, they produce white berries full of seeds.

26. • It is a symbol of sun, rebirth and creation in ancient India. It is
able to maintain stable temperature of the flower.
LOTUS
KARNATAKA