Amla (Emblica officinalis) Amla is a small to medium sized deciduous tree, reaching 8 to 18 m in height, which is known for its edible fruit of the same name. The tree has crooked trunk and spreading branches. The leaves are simple, nearly stalkless and closely set along slender branchlets. Amla flowers are small, greenish-yellow […]
Harar (Terminalia chebula) This tree yields smallish, ribbed and nut-like fruits which are picked when still green and then pickled, boiled with a little added sugar in their own syrup or used in preserves. The seed of the fruit, which has an elliptical shape, is an abrasive seed enveloped by a fleshy and firm pulp.
Bahera (Terminalia bellerica) Bahera is a tall handsome tree, 12-50 m tall. Leaves are alternately arranged or fascicled at the end of branches. Leaf tip is narrow- pointed or rounded. In traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine, Baheda is known as “Bibhitaki;” in its fruit form it is used in the popular Indian herbal rasayana treatment triphala.
Chilla (Casearia tomentosa) Toothed Leaf Chilla is a small deciduous tree. Branches are spreading, and all plant parts are bitter. Leaves are 5-12 cm long. with a stalk 6-12 mm long. Leaves are hairy. Flowers are velvety, greenish-yellow. Petals are absent. Fruit is 6-ribbed, 3-valved, with seeds embedded in a red pulp. The juice from
Lassora (Cordia myxa) Cordia myxa is a medium-sized broad-leaved deciduous tree. Common names include Assyrian plum, lasura, pidar, panugeri, naruvilli, geduri, spistan, burgund dulu wanan and ntege. It is found growing tropical regions having the right type of geophysical environment. Its habitat starts at about 200 m above mean sea level in the plains and
Pachnala (Flacourtia cataphracta Pachnala is a small tree or large shrub, usually 3-5 m tall, sometimes 10 m. Bark is usually pale, grey, powdery, may become brown to dark grey and flaking, revealing pale orange patches. Leaves are red or pink when young, variable in size, oval to round, up to 12 cm. Leaf stalk
Bismar (Alangium lamarckii) Sage-leaved alangium is a small, bushy tree offering a dense canopy with a short trunk. It bears fragrant white flowers which have green buds. The petals of the flower typically curl backwards exposing the multiple stamens and a linear stigma distinctly sticking out. The fruits are spherical berry like and red in
Jangli Aam (Mangifera Indica) commonly known as mango, is a species of flowering plant in the sumac and poison ivy family Anacardiaceae. It is a large fruit-tree, capable of growing to a height and crown width of about 30 metres (100 ft) and trunk circumference of more than 3.7 metres (12 ft). Important for Hornbills,
Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana) Ber is a small or medium sized subtropical tree, popular for its small berry like fruit. It grows wild in forests and also on wastelands. A small spreading tree, with drooping branches; height, 5 to 8 metres, irregularly cracked, covered with a thick layer of green moss in the case of older
Jamun (Syzygium cumini ) An evergreen tropical tree, 50 to 100 ft. tall, with oblong opposite leaves that are smooth, glossy and having a terpentine smell. Jamun has fragrant white flowers in branched clusters at stem tips and purplish-black oval edible berries. The leaves are antibacterial, and are used for strengthning the teeth and gums.
