Trees depicted in mayamatam
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Ancient Indian text “Mayamatam by Sage Maya deals with Vastushastra. The text contains names of 75 suitable or unsuitable trees for construction of habitat . It is surprising to note that none of these botanical species has become extinct during last 15 centuries. The slide caption contains relevant chapter and verse number
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Trees depicted in mayamatam
- 1. Ancient Indian Trees depicted in Mayamatam Presentation by Dr. A. S. Nene Prof. of Civil Engineering(Retd) VNIT Nagpur
- 2. 2 Ancient Indian text “Mayamatam by Sage Maya deals with Vastushastra. The text contains names of 75 suitable or unsuitable trees for construction of habitat . It is surprising to note that none of these botanical species has become extinct during last 15 centauries. The slide caption contains relevant chapter and verse number
- 3. 15.64 - Falsa - Grewia asiati 3
- 4. 15.64-black catechu / cutch tree Acacia catechu Wild. Mimosoideae
- 5. 15,64-Babul tree - Acacia arebika
- 6. 15.64- Indian butter tree South Indian mahua- Madhuca longifolia Linn. / Bassia longifulia Sapotaceae
- 7. 15.64-Royal poinciana - Delonix regia
- 8. 15.64-Golden or yellow champa- Michelia champaca Linn. Magnoliaceae
- 9. 15.64-Black wood- Dalbergia latifolia
- 10. 15.64-arjuna myrobalan- Terminalia arjuna - Am. Combretaceae
- 11. 15.64- Pagoda tree - Tabernaemontana Styphnolobium japonicum
- 12. 15.64- Rubber tree- Hevea brasiliensis,
- 13. 15.64- white sandalwood- Santalum album Linn. Santalaceae
- 14. 15.65- Date palm - Phoenix dactilifera
- 15. 15.65- dhavan- Grewia tiliaefolia Vahl. Tiliaceae
- 16. 15.65-Sago Palm- Cryota alrenus
- 17. 15.65- Teak tree - Tectona grandis
- 18. 15.65-Cheraunji nut tree Buchanania lanzan
- 19. 15.65- stone flower- Parmelia perlata (Huds.) Ach. Lichenes
- 20. 15.65-
- 21. 15.65- Indian lilac / margosa tree - Azidiracta indica A Juss. Meliaceae
- 22. 15.65-Indian Kino Malabar Kino - Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. Papilionaceae
- 23. 15.65- pomelo / shadduck of West Indies Citrus decumana Linn. Rutaceae
- 24. 15.66- Box myrtle- Myrica esculenta Buch – Ham )
- 25. 15.66- Money jack tree-Fig tree- Ficus carica
- 26. 15.66- Indian jackfruit tree - Artocarpus integrifolia Linn. / heterophyllus Urticaceae
- 27. 15.66- Saptaparni tree- Alstonia scholaris
- 28. 15.66- Jamoon tree- Eugenia jambolana.
- 29. 15.66- Bitter Apple -Colocynath,
- 30. 15.108- sacred fig / peepal tree- Ficus religiosa Linn. Urticaceae
- 31. 15.106- cluster fig / country fig- Ficus racemosa Linn. / glomerata Urticaceae
- 32. 15.108- Ficus arnottiana Miq. Moraceae/Urticaceae
- 33. 15.108- banyan tree - Ficus bengalensis Linn. Urticaceae
- 34. 15.108- bael- Aegle marmelos Corr. ex. Roxb. Rutaceae
- 35. 15.109- bastard teak -Butea monosperma Kuntze frondosa Koem ex. Roxb Leguminosae
- 36. 15.109- conessi bark tree Holarrhena antidysenterica (white) Wall. Apocynaceae
- 37. 15.109- tooth brush tree / salt bush Salvadora persica Linn. Salvadoraceae
- 39. 15-109- Lodh tree-chunga- Symplocos cochinchinensis
- 40. 15.109- wild cinchona-Anthocephalus indicus A. Rich. / cadamba Miq. Rubiaceae
- 41. 15.110- Night-flowering Jasmine - Nyctanthes arbortristis
- 42. 15.110- Geranium tree, Camel`s foot, Butterfly tree- bauhinia-purpurea
- 43. 15.110- Tamarind tree- Tamarindus indica
- 44. 15.110- Silk cotton tree-
- 45. 56-15.110- cassia flower / sponge tree Acacia leucophloea /farnesiana Willd. Fabaceae / Mimosaceae
- 46. 15.111- Cork Oak Tree- Eleiocarpus calamus
- 47. 15.111- utrasum-bead tree- Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K. Schum./ E. ganitrus Roxb. Elaeocarpaceae
- 48. 15.111- Indian gooseberry- Emblica officinalis Gaertn./ Phyllanthus emblica Linn. Euphorbiaceae
- 49. 15.111- Wood Apple-Limonia acidissima
- 50. 15.111- Indian gamboge- Garcinia morella Desr. Guttiferae
- 51. 15.111- Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. / Drypetes roxburghii Wall. Euphorbiaceae
- 52. 15.112- Snake wood tree- Acacia xiphophylla
- 53. 15.112- Indian beech- Pongamia glabra Linn. / pinnata / Galedupa indica Papilionaceae
- 54. 15.112- three-leaved caper- Crataeva nurvala / religiosa / magna Hook & Forst. Capparidaceae
- 55. 15.112- Indian plum / jujube / bherefruit tree- Zizyphus sativus Rhamnaceae
- 56. 15.112- bullet-wood tree- Mimusops elengi Linn. Sapotaceae
- 57. 15.112
- 58. 15.112- aloe wood / eagle wood- Aquilaria agallocha Roxb. Thymelacaceae
- 59. 15.113- camphor tree- Cinnamomum camphora Nees & Eberm. Lauraceae
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