Author: H Santapau
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 118
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123702884
Description
This book is about amazing variety and beauty of Indian trees, their many functions and uses.
The trees discussed in this book are mostly the common roadside or avenue trees easily sported such as the Banyan, the Peepal, the Shisham, the Jack-Fruit tree, etc and a great majority of them are indigenous to the country though a few exotics have also been taken up. Even these latter are common now all over the country and have adapted themselves well to Indian conditions.
Contents
Introduction
1.The Baobab ( Adansonia digitata Linn.)
2.Kadam (Adina cordifolia Hook.)
3.The Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.)
4.Devil’s Tree (Alstonia scholar is R. Br.)
5.The Jack-Fruit Tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamk.)
6.Some of the Bauhinias of India
7.Silk-Cotton Tree (Bombax ceiba Linn.)
8.The Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma Taub.)
9.Alexandrian Laurel ( Calophyllum inophyllum Linn.)
10.Amaltas Tree (Cassia fistula Linn.)
11.Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia Forst.)
12.Shisham ( Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. )
13.Gul Mohur (Delonix regia Raf.)
14.Duabanga (Duabanga grandiflora walp.)
15.The Indian Coral Tree (Erythrina indica Lamk.)
16.The Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis Linn.)
17.Ivy-Like Fig ( Ficus pumila Linn.)
18.The Peepal (Ficus religiosa Linn.)
19.Garuga (Garuga pinnata Roxb.)
20.Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium Walp.)
21.The Queen’s Flower (Lagerstroemia speciosa Pers.)
22.The Mahwa Tree (Madhuca indica Gmel.)
23.The Mango Tree (Mangifera indica Linn.)
24.Persian Lilac ( Melia azaderach Linn.)
25.The Iron Wood Tree ( Memecylon umbellatum Burm.)
26.Mussaenda (Mussaenda frondosa Linn.)
27.The Queen of the Night ( Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Linn.)
28.Some of the Commoner Palms of India
29.The Rusty Shield-Bearer (Polyalthia longifolia Thw.)
30.The Ashok Tree ( Polylthia longifolia Thw.)
31.Pongamia (Pongamia pinnata (Linn.) Pierre)
32.Putranjiva ( Putranjiva roxburghii Wall)
33.Kusim (Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken)
34.The Tulip Tree ( Spathodea canpanulata Beauv.)
35.The Jamun Tree (Syzygium cumini (Linn.) Skeels)
36.The Tamarind Tree (Tamarindus indica Linn.)
37.The Teak Tree (Tectona grandis Linn.f.)
38.The Bhendi Tree (Thespesia populnea Soland.)
39.The Toon tree (Toona ciliate Roem.)