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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
Gambhar Gmelina White Teak Fast Timber Musical Instruments India — PlantCare
🕉️ Sacred & Medicinal Trees ⭐ Featured ⚠️ Not protected. Com
Gambhar / White Teak / Gmelina
गम्भार / गंभारी / शिवान
Gmelina arborea
Gambhar / Gmelina — fastest quality timber India (4-6 ft/yr!). Rs.1.1 crore/ha at 15 yr. Sitar, tabla, harmonium preferred wood (acoustic resonance). Dashamoola Ayurveda root. Flowers + fruits both edible. Better than Eucalyptus!
📏 20–30 metres straight trunk 📍 Pan-India below 1,500m — 750-2500mm rainfall preferred
Gambhar Gmelina 4-6ft/yr Fastest Quality
Pandanus Kewda Screw Pine Prop Roots India Coastal — PlantCare
🌸 Flowering & Ornamental Trees ⭐ Featured ✅ Native coastal. GI
Pandanus / Kewda / Screw Pine
केवड़ा / केओड़ा / स्क्रू पाइन
Pandanus odoratissimus
Kewda / Pandanus — world's MOST INTENSELY FRAGRANT flower (no synthetic equivalent possible!). Kewda attar Rs.2,000-15,000/litre (GI Ganjam Odisha). Mughal biryani essential. Aerial prop roots (natural stilts). ONLY male plants have flowers. NOT a pine!
📏 3–8 metres | Palm-like + AERIAL PROP ROOTS (natural stilts) 📍 Tropical coastal — Odisha (primary), WB, Gujarat coast, AP, Andaman. Humidity + salt air.
Kewda Pandanus World Most Intense Fragrance No Synthetic
Karonda Carissa carandas Indian Hedge Berries Iron-Rich — PlantCare
🪵 Timber, Shade & Agroforestry Trees ⚠️ Native. Not protec
Karonda / Bengal Currant / Christ's Thorn
करौंदा / कारौंदा / बंगाल करंट
Carissa carandas
Karonda — 1.3-3.8mg IRON/100g (exceptional iron-deficiency anemia fruit!). Classic karonda pickle Rs.80-200/kg (3.6x fresh value). India's BEST ornamental + functional thorny hedge (impenetrable + fragrant white flowers + dark glossy foliage simultaneously). Root bark: anti-anemia, anti-fever Ayurvedic.
📏 2–5 metres | Dense thorny shrub-tree | Excellent natural hedge 📍 Pan-India. UP, Rajasthan, MP, Bihar, Maharashtra primary. Drought tolerant.
Karonda 1.3-3.8mg Iron Exceptional Anemia Fruit Pickle Rs80-200 3.6x Value
Areca Palm Golden Cane Dypsis lutescens India Most Popular — PlantCare
🌴 Palms & Himalayan Trees ⚠️ Not native. Not pr
Areca Palm / Golden Cane Palm / Butterfly Palm
अरेका पाम / गोल्डन केन पाम / बटरफ्लाई पाम
Dypsis lutescens (syn. Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
Areca Palm — India's MOST POPULAR ornamental palm! GOLDEN CANE STEMS = instant ID. NASA CO2 #1 (4 shoulder-height plants per person optimal indoor air). Fast 60-120cm/year. ⚠️ Spider mites dry AC very susceptible — weekly misting essential. NOT Betel Nut Palm (Areca catechu = completely different species!)
📏 3–8 metres outdoor | 1.5-3m indoor | GOLDEN CANE STEMS distinctive! 📍 Pan-India below 800m. EVERYWHERE — hotels, offices, homes, malls, gardens.
Areca Palm Golden Cane Stems Instant ID NASA CO2 Number 1 Four Plants Per Person
Indian Elm Dhaurangi Holoptelea Samara Fruit Tree India — PlantCare
🕉️ Sacred & Medicinal Trees ⚠️ Not protected. Fre
Indian Elm / Dhaurangi / Chilauni
धौरंगी / कांजू / पापड़ी
Holoptelea integrifolia
Indian Elm / Dhaurangi — skin specialist tree. Bark: eczema, ringworm, vitiligo, psoriasis (anti-fungal confirmed). ID tip: HUGE round flat winged samara (2-4cm) in Jan-April — unmistakable. Anti-diabetic leaf confirmed. Grows pH 9 alkaline soils!
📏 15–25 metres spreading crown 📍 Pan-India — dry to moist deciduous, alkaline tolerant up to pH 9
Indian Elm Dhaurangi Skin Specialist Eczema Ringworm Vitiligo
Flame of Forest Palash Dhak Butea monosperma Orange Red India — PlantCare
🌸 Flowering & Ornamental Trees ⭐ Featured ✅ State Tree Jharkha
Flame of Forest / Palash / Dhak / Kimshuka
पलाश / ढाक / टेसू / किंशुक
Butea monosperma
Flame of Forest / Palash — India's most famous forest seasonal event (Feb-April ENTIRE HILLSIDES orange-red!). Original Holi color 5,000 yr. Best Kusumi lac host. Dona-pattal tribal livelihood. "Kimshuka" in Ramayana + Kalidasa. Drought + waterlogging tolerant!
📏 10–15 metres | Irregular | State Tree Jharkhand 📍 Pan-India dry deciduous — Central India, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bundelkhand, Deccan
Flame of Forest Palash Dhak Kimshuka Entire Hillsides Orange-Red Feb-April
Elephant Apple Chalta Dillenia indica Assam Sour Fruit India — PlantCare
🪵 Timber, Shade & Agroforestry Trees ⚠️ Native. Not protec
Elephant Apple / Chalta / Chulta
हाथी सेब / चालता / चुल्टा
Dillenia indica
Elephant Apple / Chalta — India's LARGEST naturally edible wild fruit (8-12cm, 300-800g!). Assamese "Ou Tenga" sour curry essential. Enormous 10-15cm white flowers open ONE DAY → white carpet on ground. Leaves = natural sandpaper for polishing. Elephants + sloth bears eat fruits. Exceptional underutilized native!
📏 8–15 metres | Spreading | LARGE LEAVES 20-45cm | Peeling reddish bark 📍 Tropical humid — Assam, WB, Odisha, Kerala, Karnataka, Andaman. High rainfall 1,500-3,500mm.
Elephant Apple Chalta India Largest Edible Wild Fruit 8-12cm
Queen Palm Syagrus romanzoffiana Orange Fruits India Landscape — PlantCare
🌴 Palms & Himalayan Trees ⚠️ Not native. Not pr
Queen Palm / Cocos Palm / South American Palm
क्वीन पाम / Cocos Palm
Syagrus romanzoffiana
Queen Palm — YEAR-ROUND spectacular BRIGHT ORANGE fruit clusters (most photogenic landscape palm!). NO crownshaft = key ID vs Royal Palm. 4-6 ft/year fast + more adaptable (Gujarat, Rajasthan plains where Royal Palm won't grow). Wildlife magnet: fruit bats, parakeets, hornbills. Romantic arching fronds vs Royal's formal erect.
📏 10–15 metres | Smooth ring-scarred grey trunk | NO crownshaft | ORANGE FRUIT CLUSTERS! 📍 Tropical to subtropical India below 600m. Kerala, MH, TN, Gujarat, AP, Rajasthan plains (irrigation).
Queen Palm Year-Round Orange Fruit Clusters Most Photogenic NO Crownshaft vs Royal Palm Green Crownshaft Key ID
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