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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
Siris / Shirish / Woman's Tongue
शिरीष / सिरस
Albizia lebbeck
Siris / Shirish — India's anti-allergy tree. Bark lebbeckaside = confirmed antihistaminic (urticaria, skin allergy). N-fixing: 50-80 kg free nitrogen/ha/year! 3-5 ft/year growth. Wheat intercrop: 15% yield boost documented.
📏 18–30 metres
📍 Pan-India up to 1,000m — very drought tolerant
Pilkhan / White Fig / Spotted Fig
पिलखन / सफेद गूलर / चितकबरा अंजीर
Ficus virens
Pilkhan / White Fig — Feb-March: ALL leaves fall → BRILLIANT copper-red new leaves emerge (India's autumn color!). Spotted figs feed 100+ bird species + bats + monkeys — India's top wildlife keystone tree. Vs Banyan: no hanging roots. Vs Peepal: spotted fruits.
📏 20–35 metres | Massive spreading | Aerial roots develop with age
📍 Pan-India up to 1,500m — very adaptable. Himalayas to Kerala.
Bakain / Persian Lilac / False Neem
बकाइन / देसी नीम / फारसी बकाइन
Melia azedarach
Bakain / Persian Lilac — ⚠️ YELLOW BERRIES TOXIC (children keep away!). April-May: SPECTACULAR lilac-purple fragrant flowers (North India's most fragrant spring tree!). Anti-worm bark (narrow dose — Ayurvedic guidance). Faster than Neem. NOT true Neem — bipinnate leaves, clustered toxic berries.
📏 10–20 metres | Fast growing | Spreading crown
📍 Pan-India tropical to subtropical. Very adaptable. More waterlogging tolerant than Neem.
Sugar Palm / Aren Palm / Ijuk Palm
शुगर पाम / एरेन पाम / इजुक पाम
Arenga pinnata
Sugar Palm — WORLD RECORD sap yield (15-25 litres/day from ONE palm!). BLACK SHAGGY TRUNK + silvery-white leaf undersides = instant ID. IJUK FIBER = world's most durable natural fiber (50+ year thatching, saltwater rope). Bottom-to-TOP monocarpic over 10-15 years. NE India + Andaman native. Gula aren palm sugar lower GI.
📏 12–20 metres | BLACK SHAGGY FIBROUS TRUNK (ijuk) | Silvery-white leaf undersides
📍 Tropical humid — Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Andaman. 1,500-4,000mm.
Rohida / Roheda / Marwar Teak
रोहेड़ा / रोहितक / Desert Teak
Tecomella undulata
Rohida — Rajasthan's State Tree (Marwar Teak). Survives 48°C, 100mm rainfall, pure sand! Rohitaka: 3,000-yr liver/jaundice Ayurveda. Timber: Rs.1,500-3,000/cubic ft. Mehrangarh Fort woodwork. Bishnoi sacred.
📏 8–12 metres
📍 Rajasthan (primary), Gujarat, UP Bundelkhand, Haryana — 100-500mm rainfall
Wild Himalayan Cherry / Padam / Indian Cherry Blossom
पादम / हिमालयन चेरी / जंगली चेरी
Prunus cerasoides
Wild Himalayan Cherry / Padam — India's own Cherry Blossom (Oct-Feb, NOT spring like Japan!). Nagaland Cherry Blossom Festival (November Kohima). Edible cherries → wine + jam. Aspirin-like bark medicine. 1,500-3,000m. National Tree Nagaland.
📏 8–25 metres | Variable by altitude
📍 Himalayan belt 1,500–3,000m — HP, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal
Gliricidia / Mexican Lilac / Quick Stick
गिलिरिसिडिया / मेक्सिकन लिलाक / क्विक स्टिक
Gliricidia sepium
Gliricidia "Quick Stick" — stake directly in ground → ROOTS IN 2-3 WEEKS! (India's most unique propagation). Kerala paddy system: 50-70% chemical N replaced by Gliricidia green manure. ⚠️ Genus name = "Mouse Killer" — TOXIC to horses, pigs, poultry. Cattle/goats only.
📏 3–12 metres | Shrub to small tree | Coppice system
📍 Tropical South India — Kerala, Karnataka, TN, AP, Goa. 1,000-3,000mm rainfall.
Talipot Palm / Ancient Manuscript Palm
तालिपोत पाम / ताड़पत्र / Codda Pana
Corypha umbraculifera
Talipot Palm — DOUBLE WORLD RECORD: largest undivided leaf (5m — complete umbrella for 25 people) + largest inflorescence of any plant (6-8m tall). Ancient Kerala + South India "paper" — Vedic texts + Ayurvedic Ashtangahridayam written on Talipot leaves. 40-80 years vegetative → ONE spectacular flowering → dies completely.
📏 15–25 metres | WORLD'S LARGEST undivided leaf (5m diameter)! | World record inflorescence
📍 Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam). Sri Lanka. Coastal Karnataka. Temple + botanical gardens.
Haldu / Common Kadamba
हल्दू / पीत कदम्ब
Haldina cordifolia
Haldu — NOT true Kadamba (common confusion)! India's plywood industry primary species. 3-5 ft/year near rivers. Rs.35-38 lakh/hectare riverside plantation income at Year 12. Traditional cricket bat wood before English willow.
📏 20–30 metres
📍 Himalayan foothills (UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Assam), Central India riverine
Jungle Jalebi / Manila Tamarind / Madras Thorn
जंगल जलेबी / विलायती इमली / कोडुक्कापुली
Pithecellobium dulce
Jungle Jalebi — red-pink JALEBI-SHAPED sweet-sour pods = South India schoolchildren's beloved street food! Earning farm boundary hedge: Rs.2 lakh+/km. Drought hero — thrives where Deccan drylands fail. Best dry-region fodder tree. Anti-diabetic bark research.
📏 8–18 metres | Thorny spreading
📍 Pan-India — completely naturalized. South India + Deccan primary. Drought hero.
Sesbania / Agasthi / Hummingbird Tree
सेसबानिया / अगत्ती / अगस्ती
Sesbania grandiflora
Sesbania / Agasthi — FLOWERS IN 6-8 MONTHS from seed (India's fastest food-producing tree!). Large 8-10cm white/red EDIBLE flowers — Tamil Nadu "Agathiyam Poo" pakoras beloved. Paddy green manure: 40-60% chemical N replaced. Very high beta-carotene leaves (eye health). Waterlogging tolerant!
📏 5–15 metres | Fast-growing | Weak-wooded | Short-lived 5-10 years
📍 Tropical humid — TN, Kerala, AP, WB, Assam, Odisha coastal. Waterlogging tolerant!
Windmill Palm / Chusan Palm / Hemp Palm
विंडमिल पाम / चुसान पाम / हेम्प पाम
Trachycarpus fortunei
Windmill Palm — WORLD'S MOST COLD-HARDY palm (-17°C!). ONLY ornamental palm for Shimla, Mussoorie, Nainital, Darjeeling, Ooty hill stations. Shaggy brown-black fibrous trunk = instant identifier. No other palm survives Shimla winters. Also grows in Scotland, Norway, Switzerland at altitude. Named Robert Fortune 1849.
📏 8–12 metres | FIBROUS SHAGGY TRUNK (unique) | Fan-shaped leaves | -17°C HARDY!
📍 Tropical + cold hill stations! Kerala to Shimla (-17°C hardy). Pan-India unique range.
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