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Trees Encyclopedia India भारतीय वृक्षों की पूरी जानकारी — जड़, छाल, पत्ते, फल, लकड़ी
Sacred, medicinal, flowering, timber, palm & Himalayan trees — roots to fruits, legal status, market value and growing guide
🌳 80 Trees
🕉️ Sacred & Medicinal
🌸 Flowering & Ornamental
🪵 Timber & Agroforestry
🌴 Palms & Himalayan
Peepal / Sacred Fig / Bodhi Tree
पीपल / अश्वत्थ
Ficus religiosa
Peepal — India's most sacred tree. Releases O₂ 24 hrs including night (CAM photosynthesis!). Lives 3,000 years. Bark = diabetes, leaves edible, figs = cough remedy. Cutting ILLEGAL in most Indian states.
📏 15–30 metres
📍 Pan-India — plains to 1,500m altitude
Gulmohar / Flame Tree / Royal Poinciana
गुलमोहर / फ्लेम ट्री
Delonix regia
Gulmohar — India's most spectacular summer tree (April-July). Entire tree = orange-red fire on bare branches. Edible flowers. N-fixing. Introduced Madagascar — naturalized 150 yrs. CAUTION: brittle branches, aggressive roots 8-10m from structures.
📏 8–18 metres
📍 Pan-India below 900m — NOT native, naturalized
Teak / Sagwan / King of Timbers
सागवान / सागौन / टीक
Tectona grandis
Teak / Sagwan — "King of Timbers." Class I 100+ year durability. Natural oil = no treatment needed. Plantation 1 ha = Rs.1.5-2 crore in 25 years! ⚠️ Transit permit MANDATORY for ALL movement even own land. Natural forest: STRICTLY PROTECTED.
📏 20–40 metres | Straight trunk — excellent timber form
📍 Tropical — MP, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, AP, TN primary. NOT cold or very dry.
Date Palm / Khajur
खजूर / काजूर
Phoenix dactylifera
Date Palm / Khajur — Rajasthan's desert gold. Rs.10.5 lakh/ha mature plantation (Year 12+). ♂️♀️ DIOECIOUS — manual pollination Feb-March ESSENTIAL (1 male per 40-50 females). 60-70% sugar "complete food." Islam's most sacred fruit — Quran 20+ mentions, Ramadan Iftar 1,400 years. CAZRI Jodhpur free technical support.
📏 15–25 metres | Single straight trunk | Pinnate crown
📍 Rajasthan (Bikaner, Barmer, Jaisalmer), Gujarat, western AP primary.
Banyan / Bargad / National Tree
बरगद / वट वृक्ष
Ficus benghalensis
Banyan / Bargad — India's National Tree. One tree = forest (3,600+ aerial root trunks!). Great Banyan Howrah = 3.5 acres — world's widest. Bark = diabetes. Cutting = serious criminal offence.
📏 20–30 metres | Unlimited spread
📍 Pan-India up to 1,000m
Amaltas / Golden Shower / Indian Laburnum
अमलतास / गरमाला / बहावा
Cassia fistula
Amaltas / Golden Shower — India's native yellow cascade (April-June). Thailand's National Tree! Pod pulp = Aragvadha (Ayurvedic laxative, 2,000 yr). Anti-fungal confirmed. Fragrant honey. Better urban tree than Gulmohar (native, less brittle).
📏 10–20 metres
📍 Pan-India below 1,200m — truly native unlike Gulmohar
Sandalwood / Chandan / White Sandalwood
चंदन / सफेद चंदन / श्रीगंध
Santalum album
Sandalwood / Chandan — world's most valuable tree (Rs.50,000-2L/litre oil!). Single mature tree = Rs.5-25 lakh. ⚠️ Karnataka: GOVT OWNS trees on private land. Hemi-parasitic: NEEDS HOST PLANTS. Mysore Sandalwood GI. Face pack + tilak traditional.
📏 4–10 metres | Small-medium tree | Semi-parasitic needs host plants
📍 Deccan plateau — Karnataka, TN, AP, MH Marathwada. 500-1,000mm rainfall ideal.
Royal Palm / Cuban Royal Palm
रॉयल पाम / क्यूबन रॉयल पाम
Roystonea regia
Royal Palm — India's most iconic boulevard palm. GREEN CROWNSHAFT = instant identifier (no other Indian palm!). Mature specimen Rs.50,000-5,00,000. Nursery investment: 100 plants → Rs.1 crore over 7 years. Best in Kerala, coastal Karnataka, Goa. Germination slow (2-6 months) — buy nursery plants.
📏 15–30 metres | Perfectly straight grey-white trunk | Bright GREEN crownshaft distinctive!
📍 Tropical humid — Kerala, coastal Karnataka, Goa, coastal TN, WB primary. Strictly humid tropical.
Ashoka Tree / Saraca / Sita-Ashoka
अशोक वृक्ष / सीता-अशोक
Saraca asoca
Ashoka — NOT Mast Tree (common confusion!). Saraca asoca bark = Ashokarishta (2,000 yr old women's formula). IUCN Near Threatened. Orange-red flowers January-May. Sita's tree in Ramayana.
📏 7–10 metres
📍 Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats, NE India up to 750m
Jacaranda / Blue Jacaranda / Neeli Gulmohar
जकरंडा / नीली गुलमोहर / Blue Trumpet
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Jacaranda — India's ONLY blue-purple mass flowering tree (no native Indian tree has this color!). March-May lavender-blue. Bengaluru signature spring tree. NOT for Delhi/UP hot plains. Best: South India + hill stations 600-2,000m.
📏 8–15 metres
📍 South India + Himalayan hill stations — NOT hot plains (Delhi, UP)
Sheesham / Shisham / North Indian Rosewood
शीशम / सिसम / उत्तर भारतीय रोसवुड
Dalbergia sissoo
Sheesham / Shisham — Jodhpur + Saharanpur furniture industry's foundation. Beautiful interlocked wavy grain. 15-20 year harvest. Rs.1.1-1.3 crore/ha net. Simpler than Teak legally (farmer owns + sells). ⚠️ Fusarium die-back risk — use certified disease-resistant clones!
📏 15–25 metres | Spreading irregular crown | Good timber when managed
📍 North India — UP, Bihar, Punjab, Rajasthan, MP, HP foothills. Riverbanks natural.
Deodar / Himalayan Cedar / Devadaru
देवदार / हिमालयन सीडर / देवदारु
Cedrus deodara
Deodar / Devadaru — "Timber of the Gods." HP's State Tree. Lord Shiva sacred — Kedarnath, Badrinath surrounded by deodar forests. Essential oil (cedrol + himachalene) Rs.500-1,500/litre. Conical drooping-tip form = Shimla, Mussoorie skyline icon. Climate change threat: altitudinal shift documented.
📏 40–60 metres old growth | Conical drooping-tip form | HP State Tree
📍 1,200–3,300m. HP (Kullu, Chamba, Shimla), UK (Uttarkashi, Tehri), J&K primary.
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