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)” »
Common Name: Indian mulberry. Tamil Name: Nuna maram. India mulberry is a small tree that grows to a height of about 5 meters and is commonly seen farm lands and road sides in Tamilnadu. The tree has a pale colored bark with vertical fissures. The simple leafs are arranged in an opposite manner. The leaf … Read More “Morinda coreia (Rubiaceae- Coffee family)” »
Common Name: Sage leaved alangium. Tamil Name: Alanji Sage leaved alangium is a tree which grows to a height of about 10 meters and has wide distribution all over India. The tree is commonly seen in Tamilnadu along roadsides and near water bodies. It has an ash colored bark with some shallow fissures. It is … Read More “Alangium salviifolium (Coranaceae- Dogwood family)” »
