Systematic Classification: Local Name: Neyaram, Kambilivirinji, Pattutthalli. General Information: Trees, to 18 m high, bark dark grey, smooth, lenticellate; young shoots densely fulvous tomentose. Leaves simple, subverticillate, opposite or subopposite, 7-25 x 2.5-6 cm, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute or attenuate, margin entire, glabrous above, villous beneath, chartaceous; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, pinnate, […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Flame of the Forest, Palash and Bastard Teak. General Information: It is a species of Butea native to tropical and sub-tropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, SriLanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, and western Indonesia. It is a small-sized dry-season, deciduous tree, growing […]
Systematic Classification: Common name: Hirsute Artocarpus,Aini,Wild jack, Anjili,Ayani,Anniliayari. General information: Artocarpus hirsutus, commonly known as wild jack,is a tropical evergreen tree species that is native to India, primarily in Kerala, but also in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, where it prefers moist, deciduous to partially evergreen woodlands.The Artocarpus hirsutus grows in altitudes ranging from sea […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Snap ginger General Information: Alpinia calcarata Roscoe (Zingiberaceae) is a rhizomatous plant widely used as systemic medicinal sources in Sri Lanka. The mature rhizomes are branched and dense with a light to dark brown color. The leaf of the plant is simple, alternative, 25-32 cm long, 2.5-5 cm broad .The flowers […]