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Pterocarpus marsupium, also known as Malabar kino [3] or Indian kino, is a medium-to-large, deciduous tree that can grow up to 31 m (102 ft) tall. It is native to India (where it occurs in parts of the Western Ghats in the Karnataka-Kerala region and in the forests of Central India), Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
Indian Cork Tree (Jasmine tree, Akas nim or Nim chameli in Hindi, karkku கர்க்கு in Tamil, Kavuku in Telugu) -- Millingtonia hortensis Java Plum (Black Plum, Jamun in Hindi and Bhojpuri, Kala Jambu in Gujarati, Kalojam in Bengali, ನೇರಳೆ NeraLe in Kannada, Jambhul-जांभूळ in Marathi and Naval or Nagal in Tamil ...
The female figure is painted from mast upwards holding a bowl in her hand. Similar depiction of female figure with tree representing it as presiding deity was a notable feature during the Sunga period as seen in the image of "Salabhanvka" in the railing pillars. [26] In most paintings of Kalpavriksha Shiva and Parvati are a common feature.
The tree is the source of Indian gum, also known as ghatti gum, which is used for calico printing among other uses. The leaves are also fed on by the Antheraea paphia moth which produces the tassar silk ( Tussah ), a form of wild silk of commercial importance.
W. B. Yeats describes a "holy tree" in his poem "The Two Trees" (1893). In George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, one of the main religions, that of "the old gods" or "the gods of the North", involves sacred groves of trees ("godswoods") with a white tree with red leaves at the center known as the "heart tree".
The Parijaat tree is a sacred baobab tree in the village of Kintoor, near Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India, about which there are several legends. [1] [2] It is a protected tree situated in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, India. By the order of local district magistrate, any kind of damage to the tree is strictly prohibited.
Cordia dichotoma is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that is native to the Indomalayan realm, northern Australia, and western Melanesia. [ 2 ] Common names in English include fragrant manjack , [ 4 ] clammy cherry , glue berry tree and Indian cherry .
Dipterocarpus retusus, commonly known as hollong, [3] is a large tree and perhaps the best known species in the genus Dipterocarpus. It is native to China, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, and India.