Ekdanaia (Bridelia retusa) Ekdanaia Tree is identified by rigid leathery leaves with straight parallel lateral veins and strong spines on the bark of young stems. Flowers are arranged in axillary fascicles and also in fascicles on leafless branches appearing as spikes.It is found in dry deciduous to moist deciduous forests, mixed forest, riverbanks, rocky places, […]
Bel (Aegle marmelos) Bel tree grows up to 15 meters tall and bears thorns and fragrant flowers. Leaves are alternate, pale green, Flowers, greenish white, sweetly . It has a woody-skinned, smooth fruit 5-15 cm in diameter. The skin of some forms of the fruit is so hard it must be cracked open with a
Dheu (Artocarpus lakoocha) Dheu is a deciduous tree, 10-15 m tall. Branchlets are 3-6 mm thick, densely covered with stiff pale brown to yellow velvety hairs. Leaves are large, 25-30 cm long, 15-20 cm wide. Flowers are tiny, yellowish, fused into a round flower body. The fruits are nearly round or irregular, 2 to 5
Gular (Ficus glomerata) Goolar is an attractive fig tree with a crooked trumk and a spreading crown. Unlike the banyan, it has no aerial roots. The most distinctive aspect of this tree is the red, furry figs in short clusters, which grow directly out of the trunk of the tree. Those looking for the flower
Khabar/Pilkhan (Ficus rumphii) Khabar sometimes growing as shrub on other trees. Bark is dark grey. Leaves are broadly ovate or heart-shaped. in small clusters, with dark spots when young, dark purple when mature usually in in leaf-axils pairs, spherical, smooth, white or with spots, black when ripe. Achenes are thin, tuberculate with adherent liquid.Their fruit
Pipal (Ficus religiosa ) Peepal is unrivalled for its antiquity and religious significance. It is a large deciduous tree with a pale stem often appearing fluted on account of the numerous roots which have fused with the stem. Hindus associate the tree with the three gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, Vishnu being reputed to have
Bargad (Ficus benghalensis) Banyan, a remarkable tree of India . This tree is considered to be sacred in some places in India. The banyan often grows to a height of over 21 meters and lives through many ages. Perhaps the most amazing part of this extraordinary tree is its flower. What we think of as
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.
