Trees

Jammu And Kashmir – Chinar Common Name: Oriental Plane Local Name: Chinar (Hindustani), booune (Kashmiri) Scientific Name: Platanus orientalis L. Description: Chinar is a large […]

Delhi – Flamboyant Common Name: Royal Poinciana, flame tree, fire tree, May-flower tree Local Name: Gulmohar (Hindi), Radhachura/Krisnachura (Bengali) Scientific Name: Delonix regia (Boj.

Lakshadweep – Breadfruit Tree Common Name: Breadfruit Local Name: kadachakka (Malayalam), Dahua (Hindi) Scientific Name: Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg Description: The Breadfruit trees with spreading

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – Common Coconut Palm Common Name: Coconut Palm Local Name: Temgu (Kannada), nariyal-ka-ped (Hindi),

Andaman and Nicobar Islands -Andaman Padauk Common Name: Andaman Padauk Local Name: Andaman Padauk Scientific Name: Pterocarpus dalbergioides Description: The

West Bengal – Chatim Common Name: Blackboard Tree/ Indian Devil Tree/Saptaparni Local Name: Chatim Scientific Name: Alstonia scholaris Description: Chatim is a medium-sized evergreen

Uttarakhand – Burans tree Common Name: Rhododendron Local Name: Burans Scientific Name: Various species of the genus Rhododendron are found

Uttar Pradesh – Ashoka tree Common Name: Ashoka Local Name: Ashoka Scientific Name: Saraca asoca Description: The Ashoka tree is

Tripura – Agar Common Name: Agar, Malayan Aloe Wood, Malayan Eagle Wood Local Name: Agaru (Sanskrit and Bengali); Sasi (Assamese) Scientific Name: Aquilaria

Sikkim – Rhododendron Common Name: Rhododendron Local Name: Guras (in Nepali) Scientific Name: Various species of the genus Rhododendron are