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Sita Ashok Tree/ Saraca asoca/ Flowering Asoka                                          Sita Ashok Tree, Sorrowless tree, Ashok                                    Saraca Asoca, Sita Ashok Flower , सीता - अशोक Sita Ashok Tree, Sorrowless tree, Ashok Sita Ashoke Tree                                                        New leaves of Sita Ashok (Pea family) New leaves of Sita Ashok tree : If you see Sita Ashok in new leaf, you will notice that  the youngest leaves hang down in limp tassels and are a peculiar color, pinkish at first, slowly turning a translucent tan and than pale purple. This is because the young leaves emerge without any chlorophyll...

                    Mango Tree/ Mangifera indica                                        New leaves on a Mango tree are red                                        Mango /Cashew family -Anacardiaceae                                         Mango Tree, Mangifera indica, Aam, Ambi, Amri                                                    Flowering Mango Tree                                              ...

            BANYAN TREE-Ficus Benghaiensis                Beautiful Banyan Tree, Ficus benghalensis. East Indian Fig tree, Bodh   बरगद,  वट  वृक्ष   Banyan Tree Aerial roots.  BANYAN. Ficus benghaiensis, Strangler tree. Krishna fig , Buttercup                                         Banyan tree leaves. Fig  वट वृक्ष,  बरगद ( Family- Moraceae )  बढ़                                                                   Banyan tree Fruit Leaf pockets in Krishna fig, Ficus benghalensis var krishnae. This is the undersurface of leaf. (Butter cup)                       ...

                    SACRED PEEPAL TREE                                                                    PEEPAL. Ficus religiosa. Bo tree. Sacred Fig. Pipal. Peepli                                                     PEEPAL. Ficus religiosa Leaves                                          PEEPAL. Ficus religiosa. Sacred Fig An Avenue Tree. Can be seen in Baba Kharak Singh, Mandir Marg. Leaves drooping. WAXY with WAVY MARGINS, heart shaped base and ELONGATED TIP, LEAF STALKS  VERY LONG. Figs in pairs, from leaf axils, dark red or ...

                           BEAL TREE                                                           BAEL                                                                         Beal Tree             BAEL Aegle marmelos, Golden Apple, Bengal/Indian quince, Stone Apple, Bel, Sirphal                                                                        Bael Fruit BAEL : Bael is one of the most s...

                   Indian Rubber Tree                                           Indian Rubber tree. Ficus Elastica have prominent leaf Buds. Rubber tree have large sheath like stipules covering the tip of new leaves sometimes called leaf bud.              Indian Rubber tree. Ficus Elastica,  The trunk and stems exude a milky sap, or latex. Roots of the rubber tree can be trained into making a bridge over river . Aerial roots dense forming props only in moist conditions. Leaf FIRM leathery, broad up to 30 cm long glossy, dark green on  top, short pointy tip. LEAF BUDS BRIGHT PINK up to 15 cm long. Figs in pairs, small stalkless, yellow green when ripe (not often seen in Delhi) Indian Rubber tree. Ficus Elastica :  Ficus elastica is one of the many plants yielding  caoutchouc  ...

                                   Flowers CHANDNI.  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. ... Golden Champa. Magnolia Champaca, सोनचाफा Golden Frangipani, Golden Champa. Magnolia Champaca, सोनचाफा Magnolia : Blooms best in summer season making it probably the greatest of all summer flowers of India. Yellow Magnolia Flower  चंपा Sunflower Sunflower with Honey Bee  सूरजमुखी Sunflower...