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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
Bael / Bel / Bengal Quince
बेल / बिल्व / श्रीफल
Aegle marmelos
Bael — Shiva's tree (Bilva patra). Atharvaveda's Amrit fruit. Unripe = India's best anti-diarrheal (IBS/dysentery confirmed). Ripe = cooling sherbet (natural ORS). Leaves anti-diabetic confirmed. Most drought-tolerant fruit tree.
📏 8–15 metres
📍 Pan-India up to 1,200m — most drought-tolerant Indian fruit tree
Indian Coral Tree / Pangara / Dadap
पंगारा / मंदार / डदाप
Erythrina variegata
Indian Coral Tree / Pangara — NATIVE centuries coffee shade tree. India's highest N-fixing (100-150 kg/ha/yr!). Best fodder (25-30% protein). Scarlet-red sunbird magnet. Propagate from 1-2m stem cuttings directly in ground — 90% success! Thorny handle gloves.
📏 10–20 metres
📍 Coastal India + South India — tropical. Multiple flushes year-round in warm areas.
Subabul / Safed Babool / Lead Tree
सुबबूल / सफेद बबूल / लीड ट्री
Leucaena leucocephala
Subabul — world's highest tree N-fixation (500+ kg N/ha/yr = 1,100 kg urea FREE!). 25-30% protein — world's best tree fodder. Rs.1.4-1.6 lakh/ha/year. ⚠️ Mimosine: TOXIC to horses, pigs, poultry. Max 30% cattle diet. Use K-8 variety ONLY — 5x wild type.
📏 5–20 metres | Shrub to tree depending variety | K-8 = giant tree form
📍 Tropical to subtropical pan-India below 1,500m. Drought tolerant. NOT cold Himalayan.
Himalayan Alder / Utis / Kharik
हिमालयन एल्डर / उटिस / खारिक
Alnus nepalensis
Himalayan Alder / Utis — FRANKIA N-FIXER (50-100 kg N/ha/year — world-class non-legume!). SIKKIM CARDAMOM system: Alder shade + N-fixation = Rs.6 lakh/ha/year GI-protected cardamom. Landslide pioneer (primary government species). WIMCO matchwood NE India. Small woody CONES on branches = instant identification.
📏 15–30 metres | Fast pioneer | Landslide colonizer | Riverbank stabilizer
📍 500–3,000m. UK, HP, Sikkim, Arunachal, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya. Riverbanks + disturbed slopes.
Palash / Dhak / Flame of the Forest
पलाश / ढाक / टेसू
Butea monosperma
Palash / Dhak — Flame of Forest (Feb-April fire!). Original Holi orange-red color from flowers. India's best lac host (Kusumi lac Rs.200-400/kg). Dona-pattal tribal livelihood. Seed = anti-fungal ringworm confirmed.
📏 10–15 metres
📍 Pan-India up to 1,200m — drought AND waterlogging tolerant
Rain Tree / Monkey Pod / Saman
वर्षा वृक्ष / बारिश का पेड़
Samanea saman
Rain Tree — world's widest canopy (50-60m = shades a cricket ground!). Leaves fold before rain — natural barometer. 8-12°C urban cooling. Edible sweet pods (monkey pods). Monkey Pod wood = internationally famous premium furniture. South India only.
📏 20–35 metres | Canopy spread 50–60m — world's widest!
📍 South India + coastal — tropical only. NOT hill stations or cold North India.
Kikar / Babool / Indian Gum Arabic Tree
कीकर / बबूल / देसी बबूल
Acacia nilotica (syn. Vachellia nilotica)
Kikar / Babool — India's gum arabic tree (Rs.40-120/kg E414 food emulsifier). BEST commercial honey tree — Babool honey India's most exported single-source. Traditional dental toothbrush (datun). Rajasthan drought champion. ⚠️ Golden pompom = Kikar (native). Cream spike = Vilayati Babool (invasive eradicate!).
📏 5–15 metres | Thorny spreading | Paired white spines distinctive
📍 Pan-India dry. Rajasthan, UP, Punjab, MP, AP primary. Extreme drought tolerance.
Khirni / Rayan / Bengal Currant
खिरनी / रायण / खिरना
Manilkara hexandra
Khirni / Rayan — India's SWEETEST WILD FRUIT (caramel-honey flavor more intense than ANY cultivated fruit!). Same family as Chiku (Sapotaceae) — milky latex identifies. Anti-diabetic bark (lupeol + beta-sitosterol confirmed). One of India's HARDEST woods. 200-500+ year trees. FORGOTTEN SUPERFRUIT with huge urban market potential.
📏 10–20 metres | Dense spreading | 200-500+ year trees documented
📍 Rajasthan, Gujarat, MP, Maharashtra, AP. Dry deciduous forests + field boundaries.
Shikakai / Soap Pod
शिकाकाई / सीता
Acacia concinna
Shikakai — India's 3,000-year natural shampoo. pH 6.5-7.0 perfectly matches hair (commercial shampoos pH 9-11 damage hair!). Anti-dandruff Malassezia confirmed. 1km farm boundary = Rs.80,000/year income.
📏 2–8 metres
📍 South India primary, Central India, Bengal — warm humid zones
Mast Tree / False Ashoka / Indian Mast Tree
देवदारु / झूठा अशोक / मस्त ट्री
Polyalthia longifolia
Mast Tree — ⚠️ NOT medicinal Ashoka (Saraca asoca)! Sold as "Ashoka" everywhere — health risk if confused! Pencil-thin column 15-20m × 2-3m wide. Night fragrant flowers. 5-10 dB noise barrier. Non-invasive roots — safe 3-4m from buildings.
📏 15–20 metres | Only 2–3 metres wide — PENCIL/COLUMN form!
📍 Pan-India below 1,000m — more drought tolerant than true Ashoka
Khejri / Jand / Shami / Ghaf
खेजड़ी / जांड / शमी / जंड
Prosopis cineraria
Khejri / Jand — Rajasthan's sacred State Tree (363 Bishnoi lives sacrificed to protect!). Sangri pods Rs.200-600/kg — Rajasthan's most iconic cuisine. UAE National Tree "Ghaf" (same species!). Sacred Shami Dussehra fire. 30-40m deep roots reach Thar Desert groundwater.
📏 3–10 metres | Thorny gnarled spreading | Beautiful silhouette desert sky
📍 Hyper-arid Rajasthan (Thar Desert), semi-arid Gujarat, Haryana. 100-500mm rainfall.
Wild Date Palm / Tari Palm / Nolen Gur Palm
जंगली खजूर / तारी / नलेन गुड़ पाम
Phoenix sylvestris
Wild Date Palm / Tari Palm — Bengal's NOLEN GUR (নলেন গুড়) = India's most distinctive sweetener! Smoky-caramel complex flavor unlike anything else. Rs.200-800/kg. ONLY Nov-Feb winter sap = best quality. Poush parbon festival essential. 5-8 litres/day. India's NATIVE date palm (P. dactylifera possible wild ancestor!).
📏 10–16 metres | Silvery-green leaves | Bengal's toddy + nolen gur palm
📍 Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha primary. Also Rajasthan, Gujarat, AP. Very adaptable.
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