Common Name: Pala Indigo plant, Dyer’s oleander, Sweet indraja. Tamil Name: Vet-palai Pala Indigo is a small deciduous tree growing to a height of about 5-7 meters. The tree is seen in outskirts of Coimbatore near dry deciduous forest slopes of Western Ghats. The tree is often seen leafless bearing white star shaped fragrant flowers. … Read More “Wrightia tinctoria (Apocynaceae- Oleander family)” »
Common Name: Indian cherry, Lasora. Tamil Name: Naruvilli. Indian cherry grows to a height of about 7-8 meters the branches tend to arch downward. The trunk of the tree is grey in color the bark in mature tree is furrowed. The leaf stalk and leaf length measure around 3.5 cm and 13 cm respectively; leaf … Read More “Cordia dichotoma (Boraginaceae-Forget-me-not family)” »
Common Name: Shisham, Indian rosewood. Tamil Name: Totakatti Shisham is a medium sized tree commonly seen in North India, not a very common tree in Coimbatore district. Shisham tree has typically a grey colored bark with vertical fissures. The young twigs are covered with white hairs; the leaves are glabrous, bi-pinnate and imparipinnate. The leaf … Read More “Common Name: Shisham, Indian rosewood. Tamil Name: Totakatti” »
Common Name: Weeping bottle brush Weeping bottle brush is a tree which grows to a height of about 7 meters; after reaching a height the branches tend to droop downwards. The leaves have a pleasant aromatic smell. The bark of the tree is grey in color with vertical fissures. The leaf stalk and leaf length … Read More “Callistemon viminalis (Myrtaceae-Bottle brush family)” »
Common Name. Putranjeva. Tamil Name. Puttira-civi. Putranjeva is a handsome diocious (male and female flowers in different plant) evergreen tree that grows to a height of about 15 meters. The tree grows to height and then the branches tend to drupe down. The simple leaves are arranged alternatively; the leaf stock measure around 1 cm … Read More “Putranjiva roxburghii (Putranjivaceae- Putranjiva family)” »
