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Maesopsis eminii, the umbrella tree, is a species of tree in the family Rhamnaceae found in India and Africa. It is the only species in the genus Maesopsis. It is often grown as a plantation tree, and as a shade tree in coffee plantations and other crops. Birds and monkeys may disperse the seeds.
Heptapleurum actinophyllum is an evergreen tree growing to 15 m (50 feet) tall. It has palmately compound medium green leaves in groups of seven leaflets. It is usually multi-trunked, and the flowers develop at the top of the tree. [3] It often grows as a hemiepiphyte on other rainforest trees.
In addition to screw-pine, other common English names for the tree include kewda, fragrant screwpine, umbrella tree and screw tree. [3]In India, the tree goes by a variety of names, many deriving from the Sanskrit kētakī.
Umbrella or Portia Tree-- Thespesia populnea-- ... Pippa Mukherjee, World Wildlife Fund India/ Oxford University Press 1983, Flowering Trees and Shrubs in India, ...
Chyur tree in the high altitudes of the Himalayas growing at an altitude between 500 and 1000 m, known as the Indian butter tree (Diploknema butyracea), is called a Kalpavriskha, or tree of paradise by the people of the mountainous region as it yields honey, jaggery and ghee. It is in the shape of an umbrella. [18]
In South India, the palm leaves are used to make umbrellas for agricultural workers. The tree is known as kudapana (കുടപ്പന) in Malayalam, talo (/ t ɑː l oʊ /, ତାଳ) in Odia, sreetalam (శ్రీతాళం) in Telugu and kudaipanai (குடைப்பனை) in Tamil, which means umbrella palm. [8]
Umbrella tree may refer to: Heptapleurum actinophyllum, the umbrella tree or octopus tree; Heptapleurum arboricola, the dwarf umbrella tree; Maesopsis eminii; Melia azedarach; Magnolia tripetala, the umbrella magnolia; Musanga cecropioides, the African corkwood; Polyscias murrayi, an Australian rainforest tree; Terminalia catappa, the Indian almond
The umbrella thorn, [2] (Acacia planifrons), is a species of Acacia of the family Fabaceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. It is about 7m high thorny shrub. [3] Greyish-brown bark is thick with horizontal markings. Leaves are bipinnate, alternate; apex obtuse; margin entire. Flowers are white in color. Fruit is a pod. [4]