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Species: Adulsa
Scientific Name: Adhatoda Vasica
Family: Acanthaceae
Description: Adulsa is a shrub and height
of adulsa is upto 1.5m. to 3m. leaf color is dark green and 9 to 24 cm. In length.
Flower color is white and flowering is observed in the month of December upto march.
There are two types of adulsa, white adulsa and black adulsa. In black adulsa more
active ingredients are present than white adulsa. It is important cure for diseases
like asthama, cough, fever, acidity, jaundice.
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The leaves are rich in vitamin C
and carotene and yield an essential oil. The shrub is
the source of the drug, well
known in indigenous systems of medicine for its beneficial effects, particularly
in bronchitis. The leaves, flowers, fruits and roots are extensively used for treating
cold, cough, whooping-cough, chronic bronchitis and asthma. |
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Species: Nirgundi
Scientific Name: Vitex Negundo
Family: Verbenaceac
Description: Nirgundi is a large shrub, tender
parts, grey pubscent, leaves opposite, flower blue in terminal thyroid. There are
two varieties of these drugs. Some authors distinguished them in terms of flower
color. It is found throughout India. Nirgundi has been reputed drug in Ayurvedic
medicine and is reportedly astringent, bitter and cold. Roots and leaves are official
parts. The drug cures cough, asthama, eye diseases. The leaves are aromatic, discutient vermifuge.
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The leaves are astringent, febrifuge, sedative, tonic and vermifuge. They
are useful in dispersing swellings of the joints from acute rheumatism, and of the
testes from suppressed gonorrhoea. The juice of the leaves is used for removing
foetid discharges and worms from ulcers, whilst an oil prepared with the leaf juice
is applied to sinuses and scrofulous sores. They are harvested in early summer and
used fresh or dried. |
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Species: Balsam
Scientific Name: Impatiens Balsamina
Family: Balsaminaceae
Description: These plants which grows upto
18inches tall have thick-juicy stems and medium spiky edged light green leaves.
Flowers can be single or double around 2 inches diameter, bloom singly or in small
clusters from the leaf axils, close to the stem and the colour ranges from white,
pink, rose, red, violet, bicolour etc. They can be planted as borders or low hedges.
For balsams, there is no serious insect or disease problems. For bushier growth,
pinch back young plants and water regularly. |
Remove weak shoots which form at the
base of the plants. Plants with three or four shoots bloom better than those with
many shoots. Balsam does not tolerate wet or cold weather. They can be placed indoors
during heavy rains. |
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Species: Vekhand
Scientific Name: Acorus Calamus
Family: Araceae
Description: It is known by a variety of names,
including cinnamon sedge, flagroot, gladdon, myrtle flag, myrtle grass, myrtle sedge,
sweet cane, sweet myrtle, sweet root, sweet rush, and sweet sedge. Probably indigenous
to India, Acorus calamus is now found across Europe, in southern Russia, northern
Asia Minor, southern Siberia, China, Japan, Burma, Sri Lanka, and northern USA.
The leaves are between 0.7 and 1.7 cm wide, with average of 1 cm.
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The sympodial
leaf of Acorus calamus is
somewhat shorter than the vegetative leaves. The margin
is curly-edged or undulate.
The spadix, at the time of expansion, can reach a length
between 4.9 and 8.9 cm (longer than A. americanus). The flowers are longer too,
between 3 and 4 mm. Acorus calamus is infertile and shows an abortive ovary with
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Species: Dalchini
Scientific Name: Cinnamomum Zeylanicum
Family: Lauraceae
Description: The cinnamon is an evergreen
tree with light brown, papery bark and leathery leaves. The tree shows small, yellow-white
clusters of flowers in summer, after which oval, purple berries appear.Cinnamon
is used internally to stop digestive problems - especially when accompanied by flatulence
and cramping, as well as diarrhea, vomiting and gastroenteritis. Its warming action
is used to treat cold and flu as well as arthritis and rheumatism.
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Cinnamon bark
is widely used as a spice. It
is
principally employed in cookery as a condiment
and flavouring material, being largely used in the preparation of some kinds of
desserts, chocolate, spicy candies, tea, hot cocoa and liqueurs. In the Middle East,
it is often used in savoury dishes of chicken and lamb.
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Species: Alstonia
Scientific Name: Apocynaceae
Family: Alstoniinae
Description: Alstonia (devil tree) consists
of about 40-60 species (according to different authors), native to tropical and
subtropical Africa, Central America, southeast Asia, Polynesia and Australia, with
most species in the Malesian region. These trees can grow very large, such as Alstonia
pneumatophora, recorded with a height of 60 m and a diameter of more than 2 m. Alstonia
longifolia is the only species growing in Central America (mainly shrubs, but also
trees 20 m high).
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The
leathery, sessile, simple leaves are elliptical, ovate, linear
or lanceolate and wedge-shaped at the base. The leaf blade is dorsiventral, medium-sized
to large and disposed oppositely or in a whorl and with entire margin. The leaf
venation is pinnate, with numerous veins ending in a marginal vein. |
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Species: Gulmohar
Scientific Name: Fabaceae
Family: Caesalpinioideae
Description: The Royal Poinciana has been
described as the most colourful tree in the world. The tree's vivid red/orange flowers
and bright green foliage in any case make it an exceptionally striking sight. The
flowers are large, with four spreading scarlet or orange-red petals up to 8 cm long,
and a fifth upright petal called the standard, which is slightly larger and spotted
with yellow and white. The naturally occurring variety flavida has yellow flowers.
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Seed pods are dark brown and can be
up to 60 cm long and 5 cm wide; the individual
seeds, however, are small, weighing around 0.4 g on average. The compound leaves
have a feathery appearance and are a characteristic light, bright green. They are
doubly pinnate: Each leaf is 30-50 cm long and has 20 to 40 pairs of primary leaflets
or pinnae on it, and each of these is further divided into 10-20 pairs of secondary
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Species: Karanj
Scientific Name: Pogamia Pinnata
Family: Fabaceae
Description: It a deciduous tree that grows
to about 15-25 meters in height with a large canopy that spreads equally wide. The
leaves are a soft, shiny burgundy in early summer and mature to a glossy, deep green
as the season progresses. Small clusters of white, purple, and pink flowers blossom
on their branches throughout the year, maturing into brown seed pods. The tree is
well suited to intense heat and sunlight and its dense network of lateral roots
and its thick, long taproot make it
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drought tolerant.
The dense shade it provides
slows the evaporation of surface water and its root structures promote nitrogen
fixation, which moves nutrients from the air into the soil. Recently the seed oil
has been found to be useful in diesel generators and along with Jatropha it is being
explored in hundreds of projects throughout India and the third world as feedstock
for biodiesel. |
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Species: Sita Asoka
Scientific Name: Saraca Asoca
Family: Fabaceae
Description: The Ashoka tree (lit., "sorrow-less")
is a flowering tree considered sacred throughout India and Sri Lanka where it is
found. It is prized for its beautiful foliage and flowers. The Lord Buddha was born
under this tree in Lumbini. Also Lord Mahavira renounced the world under the Ashoka
tree in Vaishali. The Hindus regard it as sacred, being dedicated to Kama Deva,
God of Love. The tree gets a mention in the Ramayana as the Ashoka Vatika (garden
of Ashoka trees) where Hanuman first
meets Sita.
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The botanical name for the Ashoka
Tree is Saraca Indica or Jonesia Ashok. It belongs to the legume family and genus
Saraca. One of its varieties is a very handsome, small, erect evergreen tree, with
deep green foliage. Its flowers are very fragrant and are bright orange-yellow in
color and later turn red. |
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Species: Shisam
Scientific Name: Dalbergia Sissoo
Family: Fabaceae
Description: Dalbergia is a large genus of
small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily
Faboideae. Many species of Dalbergia are important timber trees, valued for their
decorative and often fragrant wood, rich in aromatic oils. The most famous of these
are the rosewoods, so-named because of the smell, but several other valuable woods
are yielded by the genus. Dalbergia species are used as food plants by the larvae
of some Lepidoptera species including
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Bucculatrix mendax which feeds exclusively
on Dalbergia sissoo.
The Dalbergia species are notorious for causing allergic reactions
due the presence of sensitizing quinones in the wood. |
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Species: Peltophorum
Scientific Name: Peltophorum Pterocarpum
Family: Fabaceae
Description: This upright, handsome, spreading,
semievergreen tree has a rounded canopy and is capable of reaching 50 feet in height
with a 35 to 50-foot spread. Form can be quite variable from tree to tree, unfortunately,
eliminating this plant from the palette of many architects. With proper training
and pruning in the nursery and in the landscape, a more uniform crown will develop.
The dark green, delicate, feathery leaflets provide a softening effect for the tree's
large size and create a welcoming,
dappled shade.
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From May through September, the
entire tree's canopy is smothered with a yellow blanket of flowers, appearing in
showy, terminal panicles and exuding a delicious, grape-like perfume. These flower
clusters are followed by four-inch-long seed pods which ripen to a brilliant, dark,
wine-red. |
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Species: Aralia
Scientific Name: Aralia Elata
Family: Araliaceae
Description: Aralia elata is an upright deciduous
small tree or shrub up to 6 m in height.It is known as Tara in Japanese, and also
as Japanese Angelica-tree. It's called "Life-of-Men" in North America.It prefers
deep loamy soils in partial shade, but will grow in poorer soils and in full sun.
The plant is sometimes cultivated, often in a variegated form, for its exotic appearance.
The bark is rough and gray with prickles. The leaves are alternate, large, 60-120
cm long, and double pinnate.
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The flowers
are
produced in large umbels in late summer,
each flower small and white. The fruit is a small black drupe. |
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Species: Bamboo
Scientific Name: Bambusoideae
Family: Poaceae
Description: Bamboos are a group of woody
perennial evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae,
tribe Bambuseae. Some of its members are giants, forming by far the largest members
of the grass family. Younger tips of some of the larger species can grow over 1
meter per day.Bamboo is used in Chinese medicine for treating infections. It is
also a low calorie source of potassium.
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In Ayurveda-the Indian System of Medicine,
the silicious concretion found
in the culms of the bamboo stem is called banslochan.
It is known as tabashir or tawashir in Unani-Tibb the Indo-Persian system of Medicine.
In English this concretion is called "bamboo manna". This concretion is said to
be a tonic for the respiratory diseases. This concretion, which was earlier obtained
from Melocanna bambusoides is very hard to get now and has been largely replaced
by synthetic silcic acid. (In most of the Indian literature Bambusa arundinacea
has been shown to be the source of bamboo manna.) (Puri, 2003) |
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Species: Ribbon Grass
Scientific Name: Phalaris Arundinacea
Family: Poaceae
Description: Reed canary grass (Phalaris Arundinacea)
is a tall, coarse-looking perennial grass that commonly forms extensive single-species
stands along the margins of lakes and streams and in wet open areas. The stems can
reach 2 m in height. The leaf blades are blue-green when fresh and straw-colored
when dry. The flowers are borne on the stem high above the leaves and are pinkish
at full bloom. A number of cultivars of P. arundinacea have been selected for use
as ornamental
plants, including variegated (striped) cultivars – sometimes called
ribbon grass – such as Dwarfs Garters and Strawberries and Cream.
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The latter gets
its name from the large white stripes and pinkish color that appears on the leaves
at varying times. When grown, although drought tolerant, it likes abundant water
and can even be grown as an aquatic plant.
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Species: Golden Duranta
Scientific Name: Duranta Erecta
Family: verbena
Description: Golden Duranta (also known as
Golden dewdrop for its small yellow berries) is one of the finest flowering shrubs.
It is a beautiful plant which has bright lemon coloured leaves. The colour of the
leaves gives a feel of freshness. The plant has outstanding ornamental features.
The plant is also moderately salt tolerant.The plant has bright lemon coloured leaves.
It's leaves are mainly ovate, simple and sometimes toothed. |
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The plant is generally
used to make a hedge. The distance of
planting should be 1.5 feet c/c. | |
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