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                  AMALTAS/ Indian laburnum Amaltas / Indian Laburnum / Cassia Fistula Cassia Fistula, Indian laburnum, Purging fistula, Pudding pipe tree, Aargavadh ,  अमलतास   Amaltas.  Cassia Fistula Flower Amaltas Yellow summer flower Golden Shower Seeds When a hard whole fruit falls on the ground without splitting open, curiosity  sometimes derives foresters to try and find out how its seeds are freed and brought to germination. Jackals cracked open the pods to get at the sweet pulp. From seeds that passed through their digestive tracts and is germinated into a tree. Amaltas can only reproduce with the assistance  of animals that eat its fruit pulp. In the forest where it grows naturally, bears, jackals, pigs and monkeys are all unwitting agents in propagating  one of our most beautiful trees. On the ridge in Delhi, this role is probably undertaken by jackal, civets and Porcupine  too. What a pretty sight Seed Pods Amaltas, Grapes Plant Fruit                                        

                                   AMLA                                    The one fruit pharmacy Indian Gooseberry, Malacca tree, Amlaki, Amla Phyllanthus emblica, Emblic myrobalan Amalaki (Gooseberry) is one of those Ayurvedic plants with a long celebrated history of supporting  health and energy. More specifically for those looking for a  natural high performance edge,                                                         "The Wonder fruit AMLA"         Amla/Castor family - Euphorbiaceae                                         Amla Tree.  Emblic myrobalan, Aonla, Amlaki, Amra Amla Powder Amla Fruit.  Emblic myrobalan, Aonla, Amlaki, Amra                                                                    The Amla grows wild in dry and slightly moist forests throughout the Indian subcontinent. Many parts of the tree are highly esteemed in traditional Indian medicine and here is only a starter kit of the astonishing properties of  its fruit.. Anyone who has eaten it knows t

                          KHAIR TREE                       KHAIR TREE Acacia catechu. A skin benefiting herb. Catechu.  कत्था,  खैर के पेड़                            KHAIR. Babool. Acasia catechu, Kathha. Black cutch tree,(Fabaceae family) Stipular spines                                                               KHAIR. Acasia, Kathha. Seed Pod                                                                      Khair Bark                                                                      Catechu.  कत्था Catechu. Heartwood.  कत्था The Khair tree is best known for 'catechu'  कत्था,  खैर के पेड़. obtained from its red heartwood by a procedure that is thousands of year old. It essentially involves boiling chips of the heartwood in water till a thick paste id formed, which hardens into  liver colored blocks. In pure form this yield dark catechu or 'cutch' a strong astringent with medicinal uses, and a dull red dye. In less pure form, it yields  ' Kathha' the r

           SONJNA Drumstick, A Miracle Tree                                                Sonjna- Moringa oleifera.  Drumstick Tree                                                      Sonjna family - Moringaceae                                                              Drumstick Flowers Super Food                                                                 Drumsticks                                                           Drumstick Leaves DON'T SPARE THE DRUMSTICK SONJNA : A Miracle  Tree ; Both the leaves and fruit of Drumstick are an astonishingly rich source of calcium, iron, vitamin B,  A and C (when raw) and of protein. An ounce of drumstick contains calcium equivalent of 4 glasses of milk, The vitamin C equivalent of 7 oranges, the potassium of three bananas and more than three times the  iron found in spinach. Sonjna pods are used to treat  Diabetes in W Africa and High blood pressure in India. Its glucoside compound contains antibiotic properties. The oil express