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Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, is a species of Calotropis native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, China, Pakistan, and Nepal. [2] It is a large shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall. It has clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in colour.
Senna auriculata. (L.) Roxb. Cassia densistipulata Taub. Senna auriculata is a leguminous tree in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It is commonly known by its local names matura tea tree, avaram or ranawara , (Kannada: ಆವರಿಕೆ āvarike, Marathi: तरवड, Malayalam: ആവര, Sinhala: රණවරා ranawarā, Telugu ...
List of Indian state flowers (Union territories) Union territory Common name [3] Binomial name [4] Image Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman Pyinma: Lagerstroemia hypoleuca: Chandigarh: Palash: Butea monosperma [15] Delhi: Alfalfa: Medicago sativa: Jammu and Kashmir: Common rhododendron: Rhododendron ponticum [16] Ladakh: Himalayan blue poppy ...
The plant generally grows to a height of 1.5–1.8 metres (5–6 ft) and is dichotomously branched. The large shiny leaves are deep green and about 15 cm (6 in) in length and 5 cm (2 in) in width. The waxy blossoms are found in small clusters on the stem tips. The (single) flowers have the characteristic 'pinwheel' shape also seen in other ...
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis is a shrub or a small tree growing to 10 m (33 ft) tall, with flaky grey bark. The leaves are opposite, simple, 6–12 cm (2.4–4.7 in) long and 2–6.5 cm (0.79–2.56 in) broad, with an entire margin. The flowers are fragrant, with a five- to eight-lobed white corolla with an orange-red centre; they are produced in ...
The flowers are racemose panicles, bear numerous small yellow flower heads or capitula, but the silvery white silky covering of down gives the foliage a grey or white appearance. Dhavanam has alternate pinnasect leaves (leaf which is divided into opposite pairs of lobes cut almost to the midrib In narrow divisions) or palmatisect leaves (the ...
Cassia fistula, also known as golden shower, [3] purging cassia, [4] Indian laburnum, [5] kani konna, [6] or pudding-pipe tree, [7] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The species is native to the Indian subcontinent and adjacent regions of Southeast Asia. It is the official state flower of Kerala state and Delhi UT in India. [6]
Crossandra infundibuliformis. Crossandra undulifolia Salisb. Crossandra infundibuliformis, the firecracker flower or firecracker plant, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. [2] It is native to Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sri Lanka, India and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.