Systematic Classification: Common Name: Vazhukkal General Information: Small trees, up to 12 m tall.Branchlets terete, rusty stellate tomentose when young.Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules caducous; petiole 1-8 cm long, terete, stellately tomentose; lamina 4-21 x 2-18 cm, suborbicular to ovate with obtuse apex or palmately shallowly 3-lobed, base rounded or cuneate, margin crenulate, sparsely stellately […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Red Lucky Seed, Manjadi General Information: Adenanthera pavonina is a perennial and non-climbing species of leguminous tree. Red Bead Tree is a timber tree. This plant is found in the wild in India. Leaves are compound bipinnate, green when young, turning yellow when old. The small, yellowish flower grows in dense […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Indian Almond, Ketapag General Information: Terminalia catappa is a medium to large deciduous tropical tree that grows to 75-90′ tall (often lower in cultivation) with a spreading crown featuring horizontal branching in tiers. It is primarily native to maritime areas of Asia, Polynesia and northern Australia, but is now grown in […]
Systematic Classification: General Information: Terrestrial herb. Rhizome erect or suberect, up to 2 cm thick, densely scaly at the apex, scales lanceolate, up to 4 x 0.5 mm, acuminate, margin entire. Stipes tufted, up to 28 cm long, 2.5 mm thick, slender, dark brown. Lamina oblong-lanceolate, 30-40 x 20-25 cm, bipinnate or tripinnate, apex acute, […]