Common Name: Purple fruited pea egg plant. Tamil Name: Tuduvalai Purple fruited pea egg plant is native to Indian sub-continent it is a weak stemmed prickly sub-shrub with scrambling tendencies. The simple leaves are arranged in an alternate manner; the leaf margin is entire and generally appear tri-lobed. The leaf stalk measure around 2.8 cm … Read More “Solanum trilobatum (Solanaceae- Potato family)” »
Common Name: Babool. Tamil Name: Karuveli Babool is a native tree to our region, it grows to a height of about 10 meters. The tree is much branched and forms a round crown, the branches hang down bearing attractive yellow ball shaped flowers. The trunk is black in color, rough in texture, and have vertical … Read More “Vachellia nilotica (Mimocaceae- Touch-me-not family)” »
Common Name: Siamese senna. Tamil Name: Manjal konnai Siamese senna is a tree that grows to about 15 meters in height. The native of this tree is not well established: but likely to be of Asian origin. The leaves are pinnate, the rachis is rusty is color when young- the young leaflets are also rusty … Read More “Senna siamea (Caesalpiniaceae- Gulmohar family)” »
Common Name: Spiny Maclura. Tamil Name: Ekkimullu, Karatti Spiny Maclura is native to India and Sri Lanka and is a large well armed straggler which can grow to over 15 meters. The plant is dioecious with milky sap. It is occasionally seen around dry forest ranges of Coimbatore and Salem districts in Tamilandu. The branches … Read More “Maclura spinosa (Moraceae- Mulberry family)” »
Common Name: Celyon cassia, Red cassia. Tamil Name: Sivappu kondrai Ceylon cassia is a tree native to the Indian-Subcontinent and grows to around 15 meters in height. This tree is often planted in gardens and road sides as an ornamental tree. The leafs are bipinnate. Each pinna consists of around 17 pairs of leaflets. The … Read More “Cassia roxburghii (Caesalpiniaceae- Gulmohar family)” »
