Systematic Classification: Common Name: White dammar, Kuntrikkappayin, Safed Daamar, Turulakkam. General Information: It is endemic to the Western Ghats mountains in India. It is threatened by habitat lost. Evergreen trees with cylindrical, straight boles, growing up to 40 m tall, occasionally up to 60 m.In evergreen forests, the trees can grow to large girth, with […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Rusty Kamala , Uppale Mara, Vatta, Vattakumbil. General Information: Mallotus tetracoccus is a dioecious tree which usually attains height of 20 m high, bark 5-8 mm thick, and surface grey, smooth, fibrous; blaze concentrically striate, pinkish-yellow, inner surface slimy; branchlets grey tawny tomentose; young parts covered with rusty lepidote scales. The […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Malabar plum, Java plum, Black plum, Jamun , Jambolan. General Information: Syzygium cumini is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, adjoining regions of Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and the Andaman Islands. It can reach heights of up to 30 metres […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Golden shower, Purging cassia, Indian laburnum, Pudding-pipe tree. General Information: Cassia fistula is a flowering plant in the subfamily, Caesalpinioideae of the legume family, Fabaceae. The species is native to the Indian subcontinent and adjacent regions of Southeast Asia. It ranges from eastward throughout India to Myanmar and Thailand and south […]