Systematic Classification: Common Name: Champak, Joy perfume tree, Yellow jade orchid tree General Information: Champa is very well known flower native to India, and popular for its fragrant flowers. It is a tree up to 50 m or taller, up to 1.9 m d.b.h. Flowers are fragrant, tepals 15-20, yellow, inverted-lanceshaped, 2-4 x 0.4-0.5 cm. […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Malabar kino, Indian kino tree, Vijayasar General Information: Pterocarpus marsupium is a medium to large, deciduous tree that can grow up to 30 m (98 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 […]
Systematic Classification Common Name: Kattukaruva, Shanthamaram, Vellakodala General Information: Trees, to 8 m high, bark 5-10 mm, grey, smooth, thin, pustular, without aromatic smell; branchlets stiff, smooth, glabrous. Apical bud small, densely minutely sericeous. Leaves simple, opposite or spirally arranged, 3.5-20 x 2.5-7.5 cm, elliptic, ovate, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-oblong, apex obtusely acute or obtusely shortly […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Lipstick tree General Information: Bixa orellana is a shrub native to a region between northern South America and Mexico. Bixa orellana is grown in many countries worldwide. Bixa orellana is a perennial, tall shrub that can reach 6–10 m (20–33 ft) high.It bears clusters of 5 cm (2 in) bright white […]