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1. MONEY PLANT Scientific Name – Epipremnum aureum Common Name – Pothos or golden pothos Family – Araceae Characteristic : The plant is called a money plant because its leaves (round, flat, heart-shaped, dark green, and plump) resemble coins. It is a perennial and may be grown as either a trailer or a climber. Young plants bear three to four- inch -long heart-shaped leaves. This plant is grown mainly indoors

2. B O U G A I NV I LL E A Scientific Name – Bougainvillea glabra Common Name – Four O Clock Family – Nyctaginaceae Characteristic : Bougainvillea spectabilis grows as a woody vine or shrub, reaching 15 to 40 feet (4.6 to 12.2 m) with heart-shaped leaves and thorny, pubescent stems. The flowers are generally small, white, and inconspicuous, highlighted by several brightly colored modified leaves called bracts .

3. J A P A N E S E W I S T E R I A Scientific Name - Wisteria floribunda Common Name – Japanese wisteria Family – Fabaceae Characteristic : Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda). Most species are large and fast- growing and can tolerate poor soils. The alternate leaves are pinnately compound (feather formed) with up to 19 leaflets. The flowers, which grow in large, drooping clusters, are blue, purple, rose, or white.

4. C O M B R E T U M I N D I C U M Scientific Name – Combretum indicum Common Name – Rangoon creeper Family – Combretaceae Characteristic : The flowers are fragrant and tubular and their color varies from white to pink to red. The 30 to 35 mm long fruit is ellipsoidal and has five prominent wings. The fruit tastes like almonds when mature. Rangoon creeper is found in thickets or secondary forests of the Philippines, India, Pakistan and Malaysia

5. PASSION FLOWER VINE Scientific Name – Passiflora incarnata Common Name – Maypop or wild passion vine Family – Passifloraceae Characteristic : Most passion flowers are climbing or prostrate vines with grasping tendrils; some are trees or shrubs. The plants can be herbaceous or woody. The simple leaves are entire or lobed, and a single plant may produce a diversity of leaf shapes .

6. C H OC L A T E V I N E Scientific name – Akebia quinta Common name – choclate vine Family – Lardizabalaceae Characteristic : Akebia quinata ( Chocolate Vine ) is a dainty semi-evergreen, twining, woody vine with dangling racemes of small, wine-red flowers with a spicy, chocolate fragrance in spring. The blooms stand out against the bright green foliage of elliptic leaflets which becomes purple flushed in cold weather.

7. TRUMPET VINE Scientific name – Campsis radicans Common name – trumpet vine or trumpet creeper Family – Bigoniaceae Characteristic : Campsis radicans, commonly called trumpet vine or trumpet creeper , is a dense, vigorous, multi-stemmed, deciduous, woody, clinging vine that attaches itself to structures and climbs by aerial rootlets. It is native to the southeastern U. S. including Missouri, but has naturalized in many northern states.

8. CLIMBING ROSES Scientific Name – Rosa persica Common name – climbing roses Family – Rosaceae Characteristic : Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses , to climbers that can reach seven meters in height.

9. C A M EL I A Scientific name - Camelia camelia Common name – camelia Family – Theaceae Characteristic : Camellia japonica, commonly called Japanese camellia, is an evergreen shrub that typically grows to 6-12' tall on stems clad with oval, leathery, glossy, dark green leaves (3-4” long) with finely serrated margins. It is native to China and Japan .

10. LAGERSTROMIA INDICA Scientific name – Lagerstromia indica Common name – Crape myrtle Family – Lythraceae Characteristic : It is an often multi-stemmed, deciduous tree with a wide spreading, flat topped, rounded, or even spike shaped open habit. Planted in full sun or under canopy, the tree is a popular nesting shrub for songbirds and wrens. The bark is a prominent feature being smooth, pinkish-gray and mottled, shedding each year

11. R H A P I S Scientific name – Rhapis Common name – Dwarf lady palm Family – Palm trees Characteristic : Rhapis excelsa, commonly known as lady palm or bamboo palm, is an evergreen fan palm that forms a dense clump of slender, upright, bamboo-like canes clad with palmate, deep green foliage consisting of deeply divided, fan-shaped leaves each of which divide into 5-8 finger-like, narrow-lanceolate segments.

12. THUJA OCCIDENTALIS Scientific name – Thuja occidentalis Common name – Eastern arborvitae Family – Cupressaceae Characteristic : Thuja occidentalis was originally cultivated in North America. It is a native European tree with a maximal height of 15–20 m (Fig. 1). It has coniferous pyramidal features , with flattened branches and twigs in one plane, bearing small scale-like leaves

13. CALLIANDRA ERIOPHYLLA Scientific name – Calliandra eriophylla Common name – Fairy duster Family – Legumes Characteristic : Fairy - duster is a straggling, densely branched, deciduous shrub to 3 ft., though usually much shorter, with grayish-pubescent leaflets, flowers and pods. The petals of fairy duster are inconspicuous; it is the long, pink filaments of the stamens that make the showy display.

14. SENNA ARTEMISIO I DES Scientific name – Senna artemisiodes Common name – feathery caesis Family – legume Characteristic Other common names wormwood senna. ... Synonyms Cassia artemisioides. Family Fabaceae. Genus Senna can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs , trees or perennials with pinnate leaves and terminal or axillary racemes, corymbs or panicles of usually yellow, bowl-shaped, 5-petalled flowers.

15. JUSTICIA RIZZINII Scientific name – Justicia rizinii Common name – firecracker flower family – Justicia Characteristic : Justicia rizzinii (Firecracker Flower) is a bushy evergreen shrub with small, dark green, ovate leaves and nodding clusters of tubular, yellow-tipped red flowers, 1 in. long (2 cm).

16. BA U HINIA Scientific name: Bauhinia variegata Common name: Kachnar Family: Fabaceae Characteristics: Bauhinia variegata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to an area from China through Southeast Asia to the Indian subcontinent. Bauhinia variegata is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree with

17. BOMBAX CEIBA Scientific name: Bombax ceiba Common name: Cotton tree Family: Malvaceae Characteristics: Bombax ceiba, commonly known as red silk-cotton tree Large, spiny, deciduous tree (briefly deciduous during the flowering period) that typically matures to 60-75’ tall and to 40-60’ wide.

18. BUTEA MONOSPERMA Scientific name: Butea monosperma Common name: flame-of-the-forest Family: Fabaceae Characteristics: It is a slow-growing tree: young trees have a growth rate of a few feet per year. The leaves are pinnate, with an 8–16 cm (3.1–6.3 in) petiole and three leaflets, each leaflet 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in) long. The flowers are 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long, bright orange-red, and produced in racemes up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long.

19. ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA a Scientific name: Erythrina variegat Common name: Indian Coral Tree Family: Fabaceae Characteristic - Erythrina orientalis is a plant species in the genus Erythrina. This plant is a climbing herb that grows up to 6 m long, and has compound leaves with petioles that are 5–6 cm long. Its leaflets emerge in groups of three, and are 7–9 cm long and 5–8 cm wide.

20. KOELREUTERIA PANICULATA Scientific name: Koelreuteria paniculata Common name: Chinese Flame-Tree Family: Sapindaceae Characteristics: Koelreuteria paniculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to eastern Asia, in China and Korea. Small, open-branching, irregularly-shaped, deciduous tree with a rounded crown which typically grows 30-40’ tall and as wide. Features pinnate or bipinnate, feathery, compound leaves

21. SEENA AU R ICU L T A Scientific name: Senna auriculata Common name: Matura tea tree Family: leguminous Characteristics: Senna auriculata is a leguminous tree in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It is commonly known by its local names matura tea tree, avaram or ranaIts flowers are irregular, bisexual, bright yellow and large (nearly 5 cm across), the pedicels glabrous and 2.5 cm long.

22. ALBIZIA SAMAN Scientific Name – Samanea Saman Common Name – Monkey Pod Tree Family: Fabaceae Characteristics: This is an ornamental tropical shade tree that grows to 50-80’ tall with a broad, flattened, umbrella-like crown spreading to 100’ in diameter. Mature trees provide excellent shade. Compound, bipinnate leaves (to 12-15” long) with leaflets to 1.5” long.

23. BLUE JACARANDA Scientific name: Jacaranda mimosifolia Common name: Blue Jacaranda Family: Bignoniaceae Characteristics: Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to south- central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its attractive and long-lasting violet- colored Flowers. It Is also known as the jacaranda, blue jacaranda, black poui, or fern tree.

24. S P A THODEA CA M P AN U L AT A Scientific name: Spathodea campanulata Common name: African tuliptree Family: Bignoniaceae Characteristics: Spathodea is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. The single species it contains, Spathodea campanulata, is commonly known as the African tulip tree. The tree grows between 7–25 m tall and is native to tropical dry forests of Africa.

25. PELTOPHORUM PTEROCARPUM Scientific name: Peltophorum pterocarpum Common name: yellow flametree Family: Fabaceae Characteristics: Yellow flame is commonly used as an ornamental in gardens, parks and road-sides because of its showy fragrant yellow flowers which contrast with the reddish-brown pods, and its umbrella-shaped crown. It is also used as a shade and cover plant in cacao and coffee plantations.

26. ROSY TRUMPET Scientific name: Tabebuia rosea Common name: pink poui Family: Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family) Characteristic Tabebuia rosea, also called pink poui, and rosy trumpet tree is a neotropical tree that grows up to 30 m and can reach a diameter at breast height of up to 100 cm. Is best noted for its often spectacular bloom of showy, trumpet- shaped, purplish-pink to white flowers (2-4” long) with yellow throats which bloom in clusters (up to 30 flowers per cluster) at various times during the year.

27. MAGNOLIA CHAMPACA Scientific name: Magnolia champaca Common name: Champak Family: Magnoliaceae Characteristics: Magnolia champaca, known in English as champak, is a large evergreen tree in the family Magnoliaceae. It was previously classified as Michelia champaca. It is known for its fragrant flowers, and its timber used in woodworking

28. ALEXANDRIA LAUREL Scientific name: Calophyllum inophyllum Common name: mastwood Family: Calophyllaceae Characteristics: Alexandrian laurel, or beauty leaf (Calophyllum inophyllum). The multibranched, often gracefully crooked tree reaches 16–19 metres (50–60 feet). Its handsome leathery, glossy leaves are oval-shaped with smooth margins. It produces upright sprays of fragrant white flowers with yellow centres of numerous stamens.

29. BA R RING T ONIA Scientific name: Barringtonia acutangula Common name: fish poison tree Family: Lecythidaceae Characteristics: Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington. Species Barringtonia acutangula Gaertn.

30. BEG O NIA Scientific name: Begonia Common name: Marathi Family: Begoniaceae Characteristics: Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae. The genus contains more than 1,800 different plant species. The Begonias are native to moist subtropical and tropical climates. Some species are commonly grown indoors as ornamental houseplants in cooler climates

31. CASSIA JAVANICA Scientific name: Cassia javanica Common name: pink shower Family: Fabaceae Characteristics: Cassia javanica, also known as Java cassia, pink shower, apple blossom tree and rainbow shower tree, is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. Its origin is in Southeast Asia, but it has been extensively grown in tropical areas worldwide as a garden tree owing to its beautiful crimson and pink flower bunches.

32. CAMELLIA Scientific name: Camellia japonica Common name: Camellia Family: Theaceae Characteristics: Camellia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are 100–300 described species, with some controversy over the exact number. There are also around

33. ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA Scientific name: Erythrina variegata Common name: tiger’s claw or Indian coral tree Family: Fabaceae Characteristics: Erythrina orientalis is a plant species in the genus Erythrina. This plant is a climbing herb that grows up to 6 m long, and has compound leaves with petioles that are 5–6 cm long. Its leaflets emerge in groups of three, and are 7–9 cm long and 5–8 cm wide.

34. NEEM TREE Scientific Name – Azadirachta indica Common Name – Nim or Margosa Family – Maliaceae Characteristics – This evergreen tree is highly resistant to drought, and has fragrant white flowers. It also known for its medicinal powers, with nicknames such as "Divine Tree" and "Village Pharmacy" in India. The oil of the tree is supposedly good for acne and other skin care, and Neem products are anti-bacterial and anti-viral.

35. AMLA PLANT Scientific Name – Phyllanthus emblica Common Name – Indian gooseberry Family – Phyllanthaceae Characteristics – Amla tree contains hard, smooth and spherical fruit yellowish green in color with six vertical stripes. Taste of Amla is sour, bitter and astringent and edible fruit is a great source of fiber. According to Ayurveda, amla fruit is sour (amla) and astringent (kashaya) in taste (rasa), with sweet (madhura), bitter (tikta) and pungent (katu) secondary tastes (anurasas).

36. CHERRY TREE Scientific Name – Prunus avium Common Name – wild cherry , sweet cherry ,bird cherry. Family – Rose family Characteristic - The fruit is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit) that is generally heart-shaped to nearly globular, about 2 cm (1 inch) in diameter, and varies in colour from yellow through red to nearly black. The acid content of the sweet cherry is low. The higher acid content of the sour cherry produces its characteristic tart flavour. Cherries are a good source of fibre, vitamins and minerals, including potassium, calcium, vitamin A and folic acid. They are also well known for their antioxidant properties. A portion of 14 cherries counts as one of your five-a-day

37. APPLE TREE Scientific Name - Malus domestica Common Name - Malus sylvestris, Malus communis, and Pyrus malus Characteristic - The apple is a pome (fleshy) fruit, in which the ripened ovary and surrounding tissue both become fleshy and edible. ... When harvested, apples are usually roundish, 5–10 cm (2–4 inches) in diameter, and some shade of red, green, or yellow in colour; they vary in size, shape, and acidity depending on the variety. Ten attributes were selected to describe the apple characteristics: fruitiness, acidity, sweetness, juiciness, crispness, hardness, toughness, mealiness, vegetativeness, and astringency .

38. MA HAGONY Scientific Name – Swetenia Common Name – Mahagoni Characteristic - Mahogany has a straight, fine, and even grain, and is relatively free of voids and pockets. Its reddish-brown color darkens over time, and displays a reddish sheen when polished. It has excellent workability, and is very durable. Historically, the tree's girth allowed for wide boards from traditional mahogany species.

39. CASSIA FISTULA Scientific name: Cassia fistula Common name: Golden shower Tree Family: Fabaceae Characteristics Cassia fistula, commonly known as golden shower, purging cassia, Indian laburnum, or pudding-pipe tree, 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.

40. SAR A CA ASOCA Scientific name: Saraca asoca Common name: Ashoka tree Family: Fabaceae Characteristics: The ashoka is prized for its beautiful foliage and fragrant flowers. Its flowering season is around February to April. It is a handsome, small, erect evergreen tree, with deep green leaves growing in dense clusters. The ashoka flowers come in heavy, lush bunches

41. NYCTANTHES ARBOR – TRISRIS Scientific name: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Common name: Night-flowering jasmine Family: Oleaceae Characteristics: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, the night-flowering jasmine or Parijat or hengra bubar or Shiuli is a species of Nyctanthes native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. Nyctanthes arbor-tristis is a shrub or a small tree growing to 10 m tall, with flaky grey bark

42. COCHLOSPERUM REIGIOSUM Scientific name: Cochlospermum religiosum Common name: Buttercup tree Family: Bixaceae Characteristics: Cochlospermum religiosum is a flowering plant from the tropical region of Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. It is a small tree growing to a height of 7.5 m usually found in dry deciduous forests. The name religiosum derives from the fact that the flowers are used as temple offerings.

43. MILLINGTONIA HORTENSIS Scientific name: Millingtonia hortensis Common name: Indian cork tree Family: Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family) Characteristics Millingtonia hortensis, the tree jasmine or Indian cork tree, is the sole species in the genus Millingtonia, is a tree native to South Asia & South East Asia. Upright open clusters with arching blooms terminate every branchlet. Each flower is a tiny bell-shaped calyx, a long slender tube of palest green dividing into four waxy, white petals and several conspicuous yellow anthered stamens.

44. DELONIX REGIA Scientific name: Delonix regia Common name: Royal poinciana Family: Fabaceae Characteristics: It is almost evergreen and is only briefly deciduous during the dry season. Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Madagascar. Is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of orange- red flowers over summer.

45. SOLANUM TRILOBATUM Scientific name: Solanum trilobatum Common name: Purple Fruited Pea Eggplant Family: Solanaceae Characteristics: Solanum trilobatum Linn (Solanaceae), the nightshade, (order Solanales), with 102 genera and nearly 2,500 species. It is a prickly diffuse, bright green perennial herb, woody at the base, 2–3 m height, found throughout India, mostly in

46. MESUA FERREA Scientific name: Mesua ferrea Common name: cobra saffron Family: Calophyllaceae Characteristics: Mesua ferrea, the Ceylon ironwood, or cobra saffron, is a species in the family Calophyllaceae. This slow-growing tree is named after the heaviness and hardness of its timber. This is an evergreen, large and glabrous tree. Leaves are 8.0-15.0 cm long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, red when young, afterwards shining above, glaucous, rounded at the base and with close inconspicuous veins.

47. PLUMERIA ALBA Scientific name: Plumeria alba Common name: red-jasmine, red frangipani Family: Apocynaceae Characteristics: This 2-8m deciduous shrub has narrow elongated leaves, large and strongly perfumed white flowers with a yellow center. Native to Central America and the Caribbean, it is now common and naturalized in southern and southeastern Asia.

48. COLVILLEA RACEMOSA Scientific name: Colvillea racemosa Common name: Colville’s Glory Family: Fabaceae Characteristics: Colvillea racemosa is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is also known by the common name Colville’s Glory. Its genus is named for Sir Charles Colville, an ex Governor of Mauritius The tree is particularly known for its bright orange flowers that grow in large cone or cylinder shaped clusters

49. SESBANIA Scientific Name - Sesbania grandiflora Common Name - danchi, dunchi, dhaincha, canicha, prickly sesban, ""Jantar"" or spiny sesbania. Family – legumes Characteristic : Sesban (Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.) is a fast-growing, perennial legume tree, reaching a height of up to 8 m. It has a shallow root system and its stems may reach 12 cm in diameter. Leaves are pinnately compound with 6 to 27 pairs of leaflets .

50. THUJA Scientific Name - Thuja occidentalis Common Name - northern white cedar, eastern white cedar Family – Cupressaceae Characteristic : Thuja are evergreen trees growing from 10 to 200 feet (3 to 61 metres) tall, with stringy-textured reddish-brown bark. The shoots are flat, with side shoots only in a single plane. The leaves are scale-like 1–10 mm long, except young seedlings in their first year, which have needle-like leaves.

51. AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA Scientific Name - Averrhoa carambola. L Common Name - star fruit Family – Oxalidaceae Characteristic : Averrhoa carambola is a species of tree in the family Oxalidaceae native to tropical Southeast Asia; it has a number of common names, including carambola, star fruit and five-corner. It is a small tree or shrub that grows 5 to 12 m (16 to 39 ft) tall, with rose to red-purple flowers.

52. T AM A RIND Scientific Name - Tamarindus indica Common Name - Imli, Tamarin, Tamarindo Family – Fabaceae Characteristic :The fruit has a fleshy, juicy, acidic pulp. It is mature when the flesh is coloured brown or reddish brown. The tamarinds of Asia have longer pods (containing six to 12 seeds), whereas African and West Indian varieties have shorter pods (containing one to six seeds). •

53. AILANTHUS EXCELSA Scientific Name - Ailanthus excelsa Common Name – tree of heaven Family – Simaroubaceae Characteristic : Ailanthus excelsa, commonly known as tree of heaven, is a large deciduous tree found in India and Sri Lanka. In Tamil, it is also known as Pi-Nari Maram due to its disagreeable odor. The tree has several uses in medicine as the gum and the bitter, aromatic leaves are reported to have medicinal properties.

54. ALS T ONIA Scientific Name – Alstonia scholaris Common Name – devils tree or blackboard tree Family – Apocyanacea Characteristic : The Alstonia scholaris is a glabrous tree and grows up to 40 m (130 ft) tall. Its mature bark is grayish and its young branches are copiously marked with lenticels. The upper side of the leaves is glossy, while the underside is greyish .

55. CAESALPIN I A Scientific Name – Caesalpinia pulcherrima Common Name – Pride of Barbados or peacock flower Family – Fabaceae Characteristic : Caesalpinia pulcherrima, commonly called peacock flower or Barbados Pride, is a fast-growing upright shrub or small tree which typically matures to 10' tall (in shrub form) or to as much as 20' tall (in tree form).

56. CAS U ARINA Scientific Name - Casuarina equisetifolia Common Name – Whistling Pine Family – Sheoaks Characteristic : The reddish-brown to gray bark is brittle and peels. Branchlets resemble pine needles and are very thin, 4-8 in. (10-20 cm) long and gray-green. Male and female flowers are present on the same plant and are inconspicuous

57. CED R US Scientific Name – Cedrus deodar Common Name – cedar Family – Pinaceae Characteristic : Cedrus trees can grow up to 30–40 m (occasionally 60 m) tall with spicy-resinous scented wood, thick ridged or square- cracked bark, and broad, level branches. The shoots are dimorphic, with long shoots, which form the framework of the branches, and short shoots, which carry most of the leaves

58. CUP R ESSUS Scientific Name - Cupressus sempervirens Common Name – Cypress Family – Cyperaceae Characteristic : Cupressus sempervirens is a medium-sized coniferous evergreen tree to 35 m (115 ft) tall, with a conic crown with level branches and variably loosely hanging branchlets. It is very long- lived, with some trees reported to be over 1,000 years old. The foliage grows in dense sprays, dark green in colour.

59. DAL BERGIA Scientific Name – Dalbergia sissoo Common Name – Rosewood, Bombay blackwood, roseta rosewood, East Indian rosewood, reddish-brown rosewood Family – Legumes Characteristic : Dalbergia sissoo is a medium to large tree of about 10 to 15 m metres high in dry areas, and up to 30 m in wet areas. It is deciduous, with a light crown and an often crooked trunk. Leaves are compound, with about five alternate leaflets.

60. DELLANIA Scientific Name – Dellania indica Common Name – Elephant apple Family – Dilleniaceae Characteristic : The flowers are large, 15–20 cm diameter, with five white petals and numerous yellow stamens. Its characteristic round fruits are large, greenish yellow, have many seeds and are edible. The fruit is a 5–12 cm diameter aggregate of 15 carpels, each carpel containing five seeds embedded in an edible but fibrous pulp.

61. EUC A L YPTUS Scientific Name – Eucalyptus globulus Common Name – Eucalypt Family – Myrteceae Characteristic : (45.7-54.9 m) and a diameter of 4-7 ft. (1.2-2.1 m). It has a straight trunk up to two-thirds of its total height and a well- developed crown. Leaves are glossy, dark green, thick and leathery .

62. FICUS Scientific Name – Ficus benjamina Common Name – Banyan or Indian banyan Family – Moraceae Characteristic : Most Ficus species are evergreen; there are a few deciduous members in nontropical areas. The leaves are usually simple and waxy, and most exude white or yellow latex when broken. Many species have aerial roots , and a number are epiphytic.

63. PINUS Scientific Name - Pinus roxburghii Common Name – Chir pine or long leaf Indian pine Family – Pine family Characteristic : They are evergreen, perennial lofty trees with spirally growing branches which give pyramidal or conical appearance. The body is divided into stem, roots and needle-like leaves. The stem is erect and cylindrical and is covered with bark.

64. PONGAMIA Scientific Name – Milletia pinnata Common Name – Pongamia pinnata Family – Legumes Characteristic : Found in East Asia, Pongamia pinnata or Pongnam is a tropical, fast-growing, medium to large tree usually growing about 15-25 m in height and 50-80cm in bole diameter. It has a broad crown of drooping branches, straight or crooked bole, extensive lateral roots, and creamy white or pink flowers that form into clusters.