Fragrant Indian Siris (White) Albizia Lebbeck Fragrant Indian Siris (White) Albizia Lebbeck
Jhinjheri - Bauhinia Racemos
Jhinjheri - Bauhinia Racemos
Jhinjheri - Bauhinia Racemos : Burmese silk orchid, Ashta, Gurial, Makuna, maula, Ghila, Thaur. A diminutive tree with a crooked trunk and spreading crowns, looking top heavy and in a need of a hair cut. It has smaller leaves than other Bauhinias and flowers not nearly as showy, but makes up by great ostentation in new leaf. Native to Delhi and the Aravalli's. Leaves ; Leaves begin to drop in late March. New leaf in mid- April, canopy completely renewed by mid May. More flushes in the rain. Leaves like a characteristic bauhinia, camel's foot shaped, but smaller than other Delhi Bauhinias. The twin leaflet are united in the middle with a shallow cleft. The lower lobes are not prominent. The leaves have 7-9 main nerves and are densely woolly underneath and along the leaf stalk. Leaves sometimes used as a substitute for tendu leaves for wrapping beedis. The seeds are roasted and eaten. Flowers : It flowers in May, peaking by the middle of the month. Flowers small and easily overlooked white or creamish, with 5 narrow petals 8-13 mm long. There are 10 stamens. The flowers are arranged on long densely downy stalks that emerge close to or at the terminal end of twig. Fruit : A dark woody pod, surprizingly large for such a small tree. The curved pod is up to 30 cm long and 2.5 cm broad. and contains 10-20 seeds. The seeds can be roasted and eaten.
Krishna Siris (Black) - Albizia Amara, Wheel Tree, Biter albizia, कड़ुवा सिरस, श्यामल शिरीष, काला शिरीष , कालिन्दी (Mimosa sub family)
Krishna Siris : Albizia Amara is a middle sized, tree with a feathery canopy, easily mistaken for an Acacia except that it is unarmed. Its leaflets and powder-puff flowers are the smallest of any Delhi albizia.. Seasons : Leaves thinned out in February- March, renewed in early April with another flush of rains. Flowers last through most May. Fruits : ripen in October- November. Flowers : Faintly fragrant, closely placed into spherical heads 1.5-3cm in diameter. The long white stamens are the most prominent part of the flower. Fruit Pod : greyish brown with slightly wavy margin. You can clearly see the seeds as little bumps in the flat pods. .......
Roheda - Tecomella Undulata
Roheda - Tecomella Undulata
Roheda - Tecomella Undulata Tree
Roheda - Tecomella Undulata Flower
ROHEDA. Tecomella undulata : A somewhat small untidy tree deciduous with a loose open crown and drooping extremities that can delight you in March with its magnificent, bright orange trumpet flowers. Native to dry , arid areas.. It is sometimes seen as a isolated tree on the outskirts of Delhi Season : Leaves : shed in January, renewed in mid February, but also at other times- the tree appears to be highly responsive to rains. Flower : begin erraticcally in the middle of March, usually peaking by March end. F, with paler throat. lowers up to 8 cm long, trumpet shaped in small clusters pale to deep orange Fruit : ripen in June but not seen any where in Delhi perhaps because of ineffective pollination. ......
JHAND, Khejdi - Prosopis Cineraria, Shammi, Kanda Jat, Chounkra, Sangri, Khar, Sheh,
Shammi : A thorny desert tree with deeply fissured bark and feathery grey green foliage that droops delicately from the ends of branches, Superbly adopted to Delhi ecology, this is a characteristic native tree of the region. Season : Leaves shed in January, new leaves by late February or early March , bright green at first, turning grey green. Flowers late March to early May, often a second flush after the rains. Flowers yellow to creamy very small clustered in 'pipe cleaner' spikes up to 13 cm long. If you look at the tiny flower with the hand lens, you can just make out the 10 stamens and miniature petals. Eagerly visited by Bees. The tree finds water with the help of an enormous tap root penetrating vertically to 30m or more. Jhand is deeply revered in the Desert. Avital resource in arid region. The sweetish bark can be ground into flour and saved life in the Great Rajputana Famine of 1868-69 .....
Kareel - Capparis decidua, bare caper, Kair, taint, Dela, Dhalu, Kari, Kareer
Kareel : A spiny bush or less commonly a small tree with a dark furrowed bole toped by a mop of wiry, green branchlets. Native to arid region.. The Kareel adopts the severe strategy of being leafless most of the year to cut down on water loss. It has beautiful flowers and edible fruit. Fairly common on ridge and nowhere cultivated. Seasons : Leaves mostly absent, new leaves appear briefly in March/April and are shed in less than a month. Flowers irregular in two distinct peaks - one between April and June, and again from August to October. Fruits ripen while a few weeks of flowering. Flowers : in showing clusters, brick red pink or less often orange yellow,. The four petals are long and narrow, with a prominent bonnet like flower-cup. The long stamens are deep red and cheerfully tipped with gold. A small, green ovary is born at the end of a long stalk. Its flower buds and fruits are pickled. Why Kareel likes termite mounds ? On the Delhi ridge Kareel growing out of old , abandoned termite mounds, which are small islands of aerated, better drained soil on the rocky ridge. The mounds are made more porous by the tunnels within and are probably high in nutrients because of the fungi and plants seed deposited there by the termites.
Kareel - Capparis decidua Flower
Kareel : Capparis decidua, commonly known as karira, is a useful plant in its marginal habitat. Its spicy fruits are used for preparing vegetables, curry and fine pickles and can attract helpful insectivores; the plant also is used in folk medicine and herbalism. It can be used in landscape gardening, afforestation and reforestation in semidesert and desert areas; it provides assistance against soil erosion. ......
Kusum Tree, Schleichera oleosa, Lac tree, Gum Lac tree, Ceylon Oak, Macassaroil tree
A lovely tree with broad , shady crown, found scattered in mix deciduous forest throughout the subcontinent. Its most distinctive character is its new leaves which emerge bright scarlet in March in Delhi. The inconspicuous flowers and fruits are easily overlooked. It is becoming popular as avenue tree in Delhi. Season : Leaves start to yellow and fall by late February. New bright red leaves in mid March, but individual trees can be noticeably out of sync. The red phase ends in mid-April. and is triggered fresh by rains. leaves : Feather compound, on a common stalk up to 13 cm long. Each leaf has 2-4 pairs of opposite leaflets- usually three pairs- that are attached directly to the leaf. stalk without little stalk of their own. The terminal pair of leaflet is largest. Young leaves : emerges a starling shade of red and are faintly downy at first, turning light green before darkening. Old leaves turn light yellow before dropping.
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 | KARANJ. Pongamia pinnata Tree Indian Beech tree, Avenue tree. Poonga oil tree, Karum tree,, Papdi, सुख चैन, Kanji. करंज
Karanj Diseased leaves Leaves mining worms disfigure the leaves from December onwards.
Karanj
Karanj Flowers
Karanj woody Pod
KARANJ : A familiar tree with short, crooked bole (trunk) broad, shady head. It grows wild along river and tidal beaches, but is remarkably adoptable and has become a popular city tree in India, because it is not nibbed by goats. Karanj survives even in salt water. Mature trees are highly adaptable tolerating drought, wind, fire and to a lesser extend frost. The Karanj is particularly beautiful in pale green raw leaf., but mature leaves are terribly disfigured by leaf mining worms. Flowers : From third week of April to late May, often a second flush in rains. Flowers in short clusters, pea-like, white or pinkish. Flowers are short drooping sprays. The small fragrant flowers or white or tinged pale pink or lilac. The five petals are reminiscent of the pea - flower with a large 'standard ' petal hooded like a bonnet over the other four which are folded together. The stamens are clustered toothbrush style inside the inner part of petals. Bark :Medium gray with a somewhat mealy texture not cracked or fissured. Apt to come up in weal's when scored, hence often disfigured with names and love hearts. |
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KAIM . Mitragyna Parviflora
KAIM . Mitragyna Parviflora
A true Kadamb
Kadamb, Kaim, Gardenia
Kaim Tree Bark
Kaim - Mitragyna Parviflora : A hardy tree adopted to growing in sandy beds of seasonal streams. With a short trunk often curiously irregular in a shape of a cheerful, spreading crown. It is capable of growing quite a large in favorable sites. This is a 'true Kadamb' associated with Brindavan and Krishna Gopis.
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Mulberry / Fig family.-Moraceae
Mulberry Leaf
Silkworm moth laying eggs on Mulberry leaves.
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White/Chinese/Silkworm/Russian Mulberry, Toot, Chinni, Choon, Kandi
Mulberry Tree ; A modest tree with a spreading irregular crown, sometimes cultivated for its fruits in Delhi, but more often self sown and growing untended in unplanned space. This is the Silkworm mulberry, originally from China but cultivated in India so long. Its a small tree deciduous. It spreads through the agency of birds. Seasons : Leaves : shed December to January, new leaves in late February. Canopy renewed by late March. Leaves variable, 5 cm long to 18 cm, mostly oval, often lobbed, base heart shaped, margin toothed and pointed tips. There are 3-5 veins starting from the base and the edge of the leaf are irregular toothed- the teeth may be sharp, forward pointing, blunt or rounded. Flower : Just before the new leaves in February. Male flowers shed by early March, Flowers tiny greenish, crowded on slender spikes. Male and female flowers are separate but grows on the same tree on different branches. It takes practice to tell the sexes apart. Male flower spikes are longer (about 2 cm) and fall in the great quantity when they have finished producing pollen. Female spikes are half as long with individual flowers packed together more closely. Fruit : start to develop early in April (depending on variety) and can continue in early May. Fruit compound comprising lots of individual berries packed together. Each little female flower swells up and become sweet and juicy. The name of 'white mulberry' is mis leading, the fruit may be white, pink, lavender, violet or nearly black. Uses : Silk worm have been reared on the leaves of this tree.. The fruit is considered laxative. The sweet fruit is eaten raw or is processed to make juice, vinegar or wine.
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Ber - Ziziphus Mauritiana, Desert apple, Indian Jujube, Plum, cherry, Chinese Apple,, date, Bor, Bordi. Ber family Rhmanaceae ...
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Ber Flower with 5 stary segments
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Ber : It is bush or small tree, deciduous. A smallish, spiny tree with a short trunk and crooked twisting branches forming a dense, spreading crown. The ber has been cultivated for its fruit in India so long that no one quite knows where it was originally wild, but it is fair guess that the dry Delhi region formed part of its native range. Season : Leaves : shed sometimes between late March and early May, new leaves in late June or early July. Leaves broadly oval, glossy , green on the top, white downy below, margins finely toothed 3 nerved at base Flower : July- August to October. Pale greenish yellow; 5 stary segments of the flower cup alternating with 5 tiny petals, arranged around a central cushions. Star like flower cup : forming the base of the flower, has 5 triangular segments and between each of them an almost imperceptible, thin, white petal bends downwards. Fruit : ripen December to March. Fruit cherry or olive like up to 3 cm long green at first, ripening yellow or reddish, fleshy surrounding a hard stone. Bark : nearly black, with wavy ridges and deep vertical furrows, inner bark red brown. Spines : in pairs, one straight and thew other short or hooked.
Ber . Ziziphus mauritiana :
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Kadamb Flowers. Beauty of nature. (coffee / gardenia family), Neolamarckia cadamba
Kadamb : Kaim is not only native to the Brindavan forests but is their dominant tree. An unusual tree in that it withstands water logging but is also remarkably drought hardy. The flowers are excellent bee-forage. A hardy tree adopted to growing in sandy beds of seasonal streams. With a short trunk often curiously irregular in shape and a cheerful, spreading crown. It is capable of growing quite large in favorable sites. This is a true 'Kadamb' tree associated with Brindavan and Krishna's gopis. Native to Delhi, and also cultivated in gardens. Seasons : Leaves : start thinning out in January. Some trees remain bare through March. New leaves in early May with another flush of Rains. Leaves opposite pair, between 5-17 cm long sometimes oval, occasionally round. New leaves are protected by a pair of thin, leaf buds which fall off Flowers : Mis May or June, continuing into the rains. Flowers tiny pale, yellow clustered in spherical heads about 2.5 cm in diameter. The heads are either solitary or in sets of three- the middle one of the short stalk, the two on either side on much longer stalks. At the base of each flower stalk is a pair of long stalk leaves. Fruit : start forming in August or or a bit later, remaing on the tree for many months.
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KARAUNDA
Karaunda : A straggly shrub, or small gangly tree., grown for its tart berries., and sometimes as a dense, spiny, evergreen hedge. No one is quite sure where it came from. but wild plants are reported. Spines: Simple or forked 5 cm long. Leaves: opposite pairs shiny, tapering at base rounded with apex with a tiny sharp, point, new leaves red. Flowers: tubular , pure white or tinged pink,, at the end of twigs, petals, 5 pointy, overlapping to the right. Fruits: A reddish purple berry upto 2.5 cm long, pulp juicy , acid. ......
Acacia Leucophloea Tree , Land mark tree of India, सफेद कीकर
Acacia Leucophloea, Spines
 Acacia close their leaves at night (Mimosa Family) Ronjh - Acacia Leucophloea, Ron Tree, Babool Tree, सफ़ेद बाबुल, सफेद कीकर
Babool, Safed Keekar : The Ronjh’s (Acacia Leucophloea) crooked trunk and light yellowish-grey to nearly white bark, has given it the species name Leucophloea, in which leuco means white. The tree is also often referred to as the White-barked acacia or Safed Keekar, for the same reason. A characteristic , thorny native tree of Delhi region. with a crooked trunk and spreading feathery crown. In most distinctive feature is its creamy yellow bark with black blotches. Not normally considered attractive, Ronjh can be surprizingly lovely in new leaf and late in the rains when its canopy is studded with small, spherical clusters of flowers. Season : Leaves : Shed in January, bare through February and March. Most trees begin new leaf early in April. Flower : in the rains from late August till October. Flowers are tine creamy white to pale yellow, clustered in round heads. The large flower bearing stalks are produced at the terminal ends of twigs. Because of its flowers on the 'outside' the Ronjh looks fuzzy from a distance. Leaves : The most Acacia leaflets 'close' at night conserving scarce moisture. Fruit : turn khaki by January, fallen fruit are crunchy underfoot in April. Spines: 1-4 cm long, straight in pair, arising from leaf axils. They are usually dusty brown to dark red , rarely white. Trees become less thorny with age. Bark : Yellowish with dark blotches.
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Peelu - Salvadora Persica
Ber - Ziziphus Mauritiana
Jhinjheri - Bauhinia Racemos
Jhinjheri - Bauhinia Racemos
Jhinjheri - Bauhinia Racemos : Burmese silk orchid, Ashta, Gurial, Makuna, maula, Ghila, Thaur. A diminutive tree with a crooked trunk and spreading crowns, looking top heavy and in a need of a hair cut. It has smaller leaves than other Bauhinias and flowers not nearly as showy, but makes up by great ostentation in new leaf. Native to Delhi and the Aravalli's. Leaves ; Leaves begin to drop in late March. New leaf in mid- April, canopy completely renewed by mid May. More flushes in the rain. Flowers : It flowers in May, peaking by the middle of the month. Fruit : A dark woody pod, surprizingly large for such a small tree. The curved pod is up to 30 cm long and 2.5 cm broad. and contains 10-20 seeds. The seeds can be roasted and eaten.
Krishna Siris (Black) - Albizia Amara, Wheel Tree, Biter albizia, कड़ुवा सिरस, श्यामल शिरीष, काला शिरीष , कालिन्दी (Mimosa sub family)
Krishna Siris : Albizia Amara is a middle sized, tree with a feathery canopy, easily mistaken for an Acacia except that it is unarmed. Its leaflets and powder-puff flowers are the smallest of any Delhi albizia.. Seasons : Leaves thinned out in February- March, renewed in early April with another flush of rains. Flowers last through most May. Fruits : ripen in October- November. Flowers : Faintly fragrant, closely placed into spherical heads 1.5-3cm in diameter. The long white stamens are the most prominent part of the flower. Fruit Pod : greyish brown with slightly wavy margin. You can clearly see the seeds as little bumps in the flat pods.
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 | SAPTAPARNI .Alstonia scholaris. Devil's Tree. Black Board Tree. Dita Bark tree, White Cheese wood, Milkwood Pine, Satwin,सप्तपर्णी ,शैतान का पेड़
Saptaparni Flowers
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SAPTAPARNI : A large evergreen tree from moist forest in the submontane Himalaya where it reaches 30 m or more, but stunted in Delhi. Its glossy leaves radiate from a common center creating stary symmetries. . First planted in Delhi in 1940. It is now a popular avenue tree. Seasons : Leaves : more or less evergreen, new paler, flushes stand out against dark old leaves in March- April and again in the rains.Flowers : Flowers are not synchronized sometime between mid October and December. Flowers are small greenish, white in tightly packed clusters at the end of branches. Strongly scented, especially in the evenings - a fragrance that makes you turn your head, then wonder if you really like it. Flowering between October and December. It is one of the polluting trees and a cause of Asthma. Fruit : conspicuous from March onwards beginning to split and give this pert tree a somewhat untidy look in April.
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False Ashok Tree, Polyalthia longifolia, Indian Mast tree, Indian fir tree, Cemetery tree, Devdaru.
Ashoka Tree : It is an ornamental tree, medium sized, evergreen even in dry conditions. A tall erect, from the monsoon forest of Sri Lanka, usually cultivated in a narrowly conical form with short or drooping branches some what like a Cypress. Its long narrow, glossy leaves with waxy edges are distinctive, but the flowers and fruits are concealed within the foliage and are seldom noticed. Hindus often employ the leaves in marriage ceremonies and to decorate gateways. Widely cultivated throughout India. Seasons : Leaves : renewed in late March or early April. Another green flush in rains. Leaves arranged alternately, narrow up to 28 cm long with distinctive wavy margins. The tip of each leave is long drawn out and gently tapering the base broadly, v shape smooth on both surface, slightly glossier above. The mid rib is prominent, but the side veins are very faint. Flowers ; in late Larch or early April but last only a short term. Fruit : ripen between late June and early August ...
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CHANDNI Tree or bush. Tabernaemontana divaricata
 CCHANDNI. Crape Jasmine Gardenia, Tabermaemontana divaricata, Gardenia. Pinwheel Flower, Carnation of India, Tagar, East Indian rosebay चांदनी के फूल, जंगली चमेली
CHANDNI : Usually a leggy bush but sometimes a small tree evergreen with a thin, crooked trunk. Planted for its evergreen foliage and white pinwheel flowers and regarded as a down market jasmine, though it is unrelated. Flowers : in a clusters at the end of twigs, 5 white pinwheel petals on a long tube, mouth of tube yellow.
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KADI PATTA Bergera koenigii, करी पत्ता
KADI PATTA Bergera koenigii : A small tree or bush deciduous, whose strongly scented leaves are familiar ingredient of many Indian cuisines. In the right conditions it grows into a small pretty tree with a shady crown of bright green foliage and dense sprays of white flowers. It can be seen throughout India. ......
REETTHA Sapindus mukorossi Soapnut, Chinese soapberry Dodan, Thali, रीठा
A Tree from Shree Reetha Sahib Gurudwara Champawat, शैंपू का पेड़
REETTHA Sapindus mukorossi : A pretty dense, canopied tree originally from China naturized and commonly cultivated in the lower Himalaya for the natural soapy substance in its fruit. It reaches 20 m in ideal conditions. The leave turn deep yellow before been shed in December. Smallish tree deciduous. Leaves feather compound with up to 10 pairs of thin, smooth pointy leaflets. Flowers tiny greenish, white numerous in large pyramidal clusters mostly bisexual male flowers few. Fruits : round, fleshy, cherry sized, yellow brown. ...
KAMINI Murraya paniculata Popular Hedge plant
KAMINI Murraya paniculata Popular Hedge plant : Delhi's favourite hedge plant on account of its ever green dark glassy foliage and fragrant white flowers.. When not kept down it grows into a small, crooked tree with pale corky bark and an untidy crown. Native to dry deciduous forest throughout India. Season :Leaves : Leaves evergreen with conspicuous new flushes in March and again early in the rains. Leaves feather compound with 3-9 shiny leaflets. The terminal leaflet usually the largest. Leaflets are narrowed at the base , bluntly pointed at the apex, often notched. Leaves up to 28 cm long . leaves are arranged alternatively on the main stalk, on short stalks of their own. Flowers : March to May and again in rains., occasionally in other times too. Flowers pure white fragrant in dense terminal clusters, petals 5 (rarely 6)overlapping buds pale green. Fruits : Mostly in April and again in June July. Fruits oblong berries with bitter, watery pulp inside. They contain 1-2 tear drop shaped seeds. ...
KATSAGON Fernandoa adenophyllum. मरॊड़फली (Jacaranda family)
KATSAGON Fernandoa adenophyllum. The capsule split open to release their seeds.
KATSAGON Fernandoa adenophyllum. मरॊड़फली (Jacaranda family)
KATSAGON Fernandoa adenophyllum : It is popular as an avenue tree throughout India. partly because it is so fast growing and does not seem to be browsed by cattle and goats. It is tall, somewhat untidy tree with a raggedy crown of coarse, feather compound leaves. Pale yellow bell shaped flowers in the rain and long and curly. Cylindrical fruit make it easy to recognize. Seasons : Leaves : turn purple then yellow before being shed in late March or early April. New leaves follow quickly, canopy renewed by early May. Up to 45 cm or more, feather compound with 2-3 pairs of opposite stalked, terminal leaflets that is the largest. The leaflet are variable in size on average the terminal leaflet would be 18 cm long the side leaflet 13 cm. All the leaflets are rusty-hairy underneath. Flower : in the rains, peaking in the third week of July. In short erect clusters at the end of branches lets, similar to those of the sausage tree, with 5 large crinkly lobes forming a gaping mouth The pale yellow petals are densely woolly on the outside and on the flower cup. The flowers open at night and are pollinated by small bats. Fruit :from soon after the flowers, then remain on tree for many months. Fruit capsule green cylinders usually about 60 cm long but can grow to 90 cm twisting and curing as they mature. If you look closely you can see that they are ribbed and densely woolly with an underlying texture of small white dot. Bark : with deep vertical split.
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