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Gulmohar ("Fire of the Forest",Flamboyant, Royal Peacock flower, Royal Gold Mohur or Fire tree, Mayaram மயரம் in Tamil,Neruppukkondrai Maram in Tamil, Shima Sankesula in Telugu, Krishnachura in Bengali and Gulmohr-गुलमोहर in Marathi) -- Delonix (or Poinciana) regia, commonly called "turrai " in Telugu
Kalpavriksha[note 1] (Sanskrit: कल्पवृक्ष, lit. 'age tree', Kalpavṛkṣa) is a wish-fulfilling divine tree in religions like Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. In Buddhism, another term, ratnavṛkṣa (jeweled tree), is also common. Its earliest descriptions are mentioned in Sanskrit literature.
Forestry in India is a significant rural industry and a major environmental resource. India is one of the ten most forest-rich countries of the world. Together, India and 9 other countries account for 67 percent of the total forest area of the world. [1] India's forest cover grew at 0.20% annually over 1990–2000, [2] and has grown at the rate ...
Sal forests in Purulia, India. Shorea robusta can grow up to 40 metres (130 feet) tall with a trunk diameter of 2 metres (6.6 feet). [7] The leaves are 10–25 cm long and 5–15 cm broad. In wetter areas, sal is evergreen; in drier areas, it is dry-season deciduous, shedding most of the leaves from February to April, leafing out again in April ...
Rajyotsava Award (1999) Tulsi Gowda is an Indian environmentalist from Honnali village. She has planted more than 30,000 saplings and looks after the nurseries of the Forest Department. Her work has been honoured by the Government of India and other organisations. [2][3][4] In 2021, the Government of India awarded her the Padma Shri, the ...
Chipko movement. The Chipko movement (Hindi: चिपको आन्दोलन, lit. 'hugging movement') is a forest conservation movement in India. Opposed to commercial logging and the government's policies on deforestation, protesters in the 1970s engaged in tree hugging, wrapping their arms around trees so that they could not be felled.
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are usable as lumber or plants above a specified height.
Sunderlal Bahuguna (9 January 1927 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The idea of the Chipko movement was suggested by his wife Vimla Bahuguna and him. He fought for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas, first as a member of the Chipko movement in the 1970s, and later spearheaded the anti- Tehri ...