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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
Kadamba / Burflower Tree
कदम्ब / कदम
Neolamarckia cadamba
Kadamba — Krishna's tree (Bhagavatam). Fastest growing India (5-8 ft/yr!). Timber Rs.2 lakh/ha/yr. Monsoon golden spherical flowers. Kadamba Attar = Rs.15,000/litre Kannauj perfume.
📏 15–45 metres
📍 Pan-India below 1,000m — needs 1,500mm+ rainfall
Copper Pod / Yellow Gulmohar / Yellow Flamboyant
कॉपर पॉड / पीला गुलमोहर / राधाचूड़ा
Peltophorum pterocarpum
Copper Pod / Yellow Gulmohar — FRAGRANT (Gulmohar is scentless!). Golden-yellow 4-5 months (May-Sept including monsoon). Copper-red ornamental pods. Native South Asia. Less brittle + safer than Gulmohar. Best South Indian avenue tree.
📏 10–25 metres
📍 South India primary — tropical, NOT for cold Himalayan hill stations
Mahogany / Indian Mahogany / Big-leaf Mahogany
महोगनी / इंडियन महोगनी
Swietenia macrophylla (primary) / S. mahagoni
Mahogany — global cabinet timber + acoustic guitar standard (Gibson/Martin). Grows 30-40% FASTER in India than native Caribbean! Rs.2.4 crore/ha 25yr. ⚠️ CITES Appendix II export permit. ⚠️ Tip moth (Hypsipyla) = manage or forking. Simpler than Teak legally.
📏 20–40 metres | Straight trunk | Buttressed base old trees
📍 Tropical humid — Kerala, Karnataka, TN, AP, Assam. 1,000-2,500mm rainfall.
Chir Pine / Himalayan Long-leaf Pine
चीड़ / चीर पाइन / हिमालयन लंबी सुई पाइन
Pinus roxburghii
Chir Pine / Cheed — India's PRIMARY turpentine source! 3 needles per bundle (15-30cm = India's LONGEST pine needles). Resin tapping FD license Rs.8-15/kg. Dark pine honeydew HONEY Rs.400-700/kg (very high anti-oxidants). Pine needle BRIQUETTES Rs.15,000/month SHG income + HP/UK fire prevention program.
📏 30–50 metres | Spreading irregular crown | LONGEST Indian pine needles
📍 500–2,200m. HP, UK, J&K, Nepal. Shimla, Mussoorie, Nainital area forests.
Parijat / Harsingar / Night Jasmine
पारिजात / हरसिंगार / शेफाली
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Parijat / Harsingar — blooms at night, falls at dawn (not sadness — moth pollination science!). Nyctanthosid = confirmed anti-malarial. Samudra Manthan divine tree. Orange stalk = natural saffron dye. State Tree WB.
📏 5–10 metres
📍 Pan-India up to 1,500m — State Tree West Bengal
Kachnar / Orchid Tree / Mountain Ebony
कचनार / गुलाबी कचनार / कनियार
Bauhinia variegata
Kachnar — edible flowers + pods (Kachnar ki sabzi — beloved North Indian dish!). Bark: anti-thyroid (TPO inhibition confirmed) — goitre, lymph nodes. Orchid-like flowers Jan-April. Butterfly leaves = instant ID. HP State Tree. Pan-India.
📏 8–12 metres
📍 Pan-India including Himalayan foothills up to 1,500m — cold-tolerant
Sal Tree / Sakhua / Shala
साल / सखुआ / शाल / शाखुआ
Shorea robusta
Sal / Sakhua — Buddha's birth tree (Lumbini). India's most widespread forest (11-13% total). Sal butter = cocoa butter equivalent (chocolate industry!). Dona-pattal leaf plates tribal livelihood. Sal dhoop temple incense. 2-week seed viability — sow IMMEDIATELY!
📏 25–40 metres | Straight tall trunk | Buttressed base old trees
📍 Eastern + Central India — UP, Bihar, JH, CG, OD, WB, MP, Assam. 1,000-2,000mm.
Rhododendron / Buransh / Lali Gurans
बुरांश / लाली गुरांस / Rhododendron
Rhododendron arboreum
Rhododendron / Buransh — UK State Tree, Nepal National Flower. March-April: entire Himalayan mountainsides CRIMSON-RED (world-class floral spectacle!). Buransh juice Rs.80-200/litre anti-oxidant. ⚠️ TOXIC leaves + unripe flowers (grayanotoxin). "Mad honey" risk in dense areas. RIPE flowers ONLY safe.
📏 10–15 metres | Exceptional 20m | Gnarled beautiful trunk | UK State Tree
📍 1,500–4,000m. UK (Valley of Flowers, Kedarnath, Chopta), HP, Sikkim, Arunachal.
Arjuna Tree / Arjun
अर्जुन / कोहा
Terminalia arjuna
Arjuna — India's heart tree. White smooth peeling bark = most distinctive ID. Multiple RCTs confirm: angina ↓, heart failure ↑, BP ↓. Muga silk food tree (Assam). Riverbank keystone. Bark: Rs.40-80/kg.
📏 20–25 metres
📍 Pan-India riverbanks — Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari
Tabebuia / Pink Trumpet Tree / Rosy Trumpet
टबेबुइया / Pink Trumpet Tree
Tabebuia rosea
Tabebuia / Pink Trumpet — annual India's most viral bloom! Peak 5-7 days → ALL flowers fall creating pink carpet. Bark: beta-lapachone in Phase I/II anti-cancer trials. More cold-tolerant than Jacaranda. India's new spring festival tree.
📏 15–25 metres
📍 Pan-India below 1,200m — more cold-tolerant than Jacaranda
Eucalyptus / Safeda / Nilgiri
सफेदा / नीलगिरी / यूकेलिप्टस
Eucalyptus globulus / E. camaldulensis / E. tereticornis
Eucalyptus / Safeda — India's fastest tree (10-15 ft/yr). Rs.25 lakh/ha in 8 years pulpwood. ITC/Seshasayee contract farming. 1,8-cineole leaf oil = Vicks VapoRub active. ⚠️ Water table thief — AVOID near farmland, rivers. 100-200m buffer mandatory.
📏 20–50 metres | Very straight tall | Fastest large tree India
📍 Pan-India except very cold Himalayan. E. camaldulensis: drier areas. E. globulus: best oil.
Bottle Palm / Palmiste Gargoulette
बॉटल पाम / Bottle Palm
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
Bottle Palm — world's rarest wild palm (fewer than 10 wild trees!). Bottle shape most dramatic at 2-5 years. Mature specimen Rs.50,000-2,00,000. Nursery business: Rs.1 lakh → Rs.1 crore (7 years). ⚠️ Very slow (15-25cm/year) — buy larger specimens. Poolside/hotel/wedding premium ornamental.
📏 3–5 metres maximum | BOTTLE-SHAPED trunk | World's rarest palm in wild!
📍 Tropical coastal — Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra coast, TN, Karnataka coast, Andaman.
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