CONTENT:
1.Ashoka Tree
2.Pagoda Tree
3.Jacaranda
4.Gulmohar
5.Amla tree
6.Kachnar
7.Amaltus
8.Neem
9.Drek
10.Bottle brush
11.Devils Tree
12.Red Silk Cotton Tree
13.Ceiba
14.Kadam
15.Tamarind
1.Polyalthia Longifolia
2.Plumeria Alba
3.Mimosae Folia
4.Delonix Regia
5.Phyllanthus Emblica
6.Bauhinea Variegata
7.Cassia Distula
8.Azadirachta Indica
9.Melia Azedrach
10.Callistemon Lanceolatus
11.Alstonia Scholaris
12.Bombax Ceiba
13.Ceiba Pentandra
14.Neolamarckia Cadamba
15.Tamarindus Indica
Ashoka tree (polyalthia longifolia)
¢Evergreen tree is native to India and Sri Lanka.
¢Indigenous to India, Burma and Malaysia,
¢Slow-growing, erect tree, small and evergreen, with a smooth, greybrown bark.
¢It is a columnar shaped tree.
¢The crown is compact and shapely.
¢The leaves are in the shape of lance, dropping,
¢The young leaves are translucent and red in colour also remain pendent even, after attaining full size.
¢In strong contrast to these fiery blooms is the deep-green, shiny foliage.
¢Each of the 30 cm. long leaves has four, five or six pairs of long, wavy-edged leaflets.
¢The straight or scimitar shaped pods are stiff, leathery, broad about 20 cm. are red and fleshy before ripening.
¢Flowers are star shaped.
¢Highly esteemed as an avenue tree.
¢It is generally grown at a distance of 3mts.
¢Branches are hanging (pendulous habit).
¢Flowers are yellowish green in colour and appear in the month of february-april.
Jacaranda (mimosae folia)
Morphological Features:
¢It is a beautiful tree of medium height 18m.
at the most with big leaves divided into such
tiny segments that the whole has the finely
cut appearance of a fern.
¢Each little leaflet is a pointed oblong and, at the end of each pine is a leaflet slightly larger than the others.
¢The flowering season is from March to May and, unfortunately, does not last very long, but odd trees are often to be found blooming out of season.
¢It is one of our loveliest garden trees, both the flowers and leaves having a definite charm of their own.
¢In the North-West it has been fairly freely planted as it propagates easily in the sandy-soil, but elsewhere it is all too rare, it is a native of Brazil and its fifty species are widely distributed in the islands of the Caribbean, South America, through to Florida and Mexico.
¢Because of its outstanding beauty it has been introduced into many tropical and sub-tropical countries.
¢An avenue of Jacarandas, such as one sees up-country is an unforgettable sight when, from end to end, every tree is swathed in blue.
Gulmohar (delonixregia)
Morphological Features:
¢The Gul Mohr is one of our most striking ornamental
trees and each April one cannot help but wonder how a
bare, gaunt tree, standing in dry, hard earth (.in produce
such a wealth of glorious bloom.
¢Within a week of the first blossom appearing the whole
tree is sparkling with vivid splashes of crimson and orange.
¢In May the pale, rich green of the new foliage unfolds and the tree develops a feathery grace.
¢Bare. grey branches and long ugly, black pods are all hidden and the spreading canopy ot green lace and scarlet blossoms is at its loveliest.
¢There is a wealth of variety in the shades of crimson and scarlet, some trees being almost orange and others a deep, deep red. Each has its admirers.
Neem (Azadirachtaindica)
Morphological Features:
¢FAMILIAR to most people for its medicinal properties the Neem is recognized by few, in spite of its distinctive leaves and annual profusion of sweet-scented flowers.
¢It is a medium-sized or large tree with a straight trunk, elegant in form and evergreen, a native of India; Malaysia, Burma and Sri Lanka, thriving best in the dry zones.
¢The flowers, which appear from March to May, are tiny stars borne in great number on long, drooping stems which spring from the axils of the leaves.
¢The five whitish petals surround a yellow funnel which contains the stamens and the style. Bees and other insects are attracted by the pollen and buzzing swarms can usually be seen hovering round the tree all through the flowering season.
¢Later when the fruit is ripe the tree is visited by numerous birds.
¢The long, pendent leaves, crowded near the ends of the branches, bear up to twenty-nine or thirty-one curiously shaped leaflets.
¢Each about 7.5 cm. long, they are deeply serrated, sharply pointed and curved like a scythe.
¢Their fresh, green colour and shining surface give the tree a delicate and charming appearance and during the monsoon when the flowers have fallen and the tree is in full foliage, the curved, toothed leaves, massed round the branches, have a distinctive appearance easy to recognise.
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