Category: Know our Plant

Alstonia venenata R. Br.

Systematic classification: Common name: Poison devil tree, Analivegam General information: Alstonia venenata is a plant of the family Apocynaceae. It grows as a shrub or small tree in low to mid elevation deciduous forests of India.Growing up to 6m tall with grayish brown bark and bright yellow hard woody root.Leaves are simple arranged in whorls […]

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Artocarpus hirsutus Lam.

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 […]

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Alpinia calcarata Rosc

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 […]

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Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd.

Systematic classification: Common Name: Black cutch, karungali, kamugu, paku,baga. General Information : Acacia, commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. It comprises a group of plant genera native to Africa and Australasia. The genus name is New Latin […]

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