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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
Central India, South India. It can be easily worked and is strong and durable especially when used under water. It is used for such products as furniture, carriage, well curbs, yokes, and door panels. Hopea. Hopea parviflora. Light to deep brown. 1,010 kg/m 3. 1,700 lb/cu yd. Madras, Kerala.
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 ...
5400 km 2. Part of the Khathiar–Gir dry deciduous forests region. Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary. Canacona taluk, Goa. It is known for its dense forest of tall trees, some of which reach 30 metres in height. Gir National Park. Talala taluk, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat. 1412 km 2. Jakanari reserve forest.
Description. 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 ...
In the stands of Lodhra trees, [28] Padmaka trees [29] and in the woods of Devadaru, or Deodar trees, Ravana is to be searched there and there, together with Sita. [4-43-13] The deodar is the national tree of Pakistan, [30] and the state tree of Himachal Pradesh, India. Under the Deodars was an 1889 short story collection by Rudyard Kipling. [31]
A.Lyons. Aegle marmelos, commonly known as bael (or bili[4] or bhel[5]), also Bengal quince, [2] golden apple, [2] Japanese bitter orange, [6] stone apple[7][8] or wood apple, [6] is a species of tree native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. [2] It is present in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, [9] Sri Lanka, and Nepal as a naturalized ...
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.