Common name: Drooping prickly pear, Barbary fig. Tamil Name: Sappathikalli Barbary fig is native to South America and it is shrub that grows to around 2-3 feet in height. The plant prefers the dry scrubby habitat but can be seen often in surprisingly varying habitats along the Western Ghats. The plant is a succulent thorny … Read More “Opuntia monacantha – Cactaceae (cactus family)” »
Common name: Common wire weed. Tamil Name: Arivalmvkkan, Ariva Mooku Keerai Common wire weed is a small shrub that grows to around 1.5 feet in height. It is abundantly found around fallow-lands, road sides and forest edges around western ghats area. Not common in higher elevations. It is a mucilaginous undershrub with linear-lanceolate serrated leafs … Read More “Sida acuta- Malvaceae (Mallow family)” »
Common name: Chinaberry tree, Pride of India, Persian lilac. Tamil Name: Kattu vembu Chinaberry is a deciduous tree of Indian origin, often deployed as an avenue tree in Tamilnadu. The tree grows to a height of about 10 meters and has a roundish crown. The bark of young trees are grey in appearance. The leafs … Read More “Melia azedarach -Meliaceae (Neem family)” »
Common Name: Narrow leaf paperbark, Snow-in-summer. Evergreen tree of East-Australian origin that grows to around 2.5 meters in height. The bark of the tree is whitish-cream with heavy papery peelings The simple leaves are arranged in a decussate manner. The young leafs are reddish and narrow-lanceolate. They measure around 9 mm to 1.5 cm in … Read More “Melalevea linariifolia – Myrtaceae (Bottlebrush family)” »
Common Name: White bark acacia, Brewers acacia. Tamil Name: Akamanaram, Velvel. White bark acacia is medium sized tree, native to the Indian sub-continent and grows to around 15 meters in height. It forms a umbrella like crown. The tree is identified by its white-yellowish bark and is historically associated agro-pastoral systems of Tamilnadu. It is … Read More “Vachellia leucophoea-Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family)” »
