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Ancient Indian Trees depicted in Mayamatam Presentation by Dr. A. S. Nene Prof. of Civil Engineering(Retd) VNIT Nagpur

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Ancient Indian text “Mayamatam by Sage Maya deals with Vastushastra.The text contains names of 75 suitable or unsuitable trees for construction of habitat .It is surprising to note that none of these botanical species has become extinct during last 15 centuries.The slide caption contains relevant chapter and verse number

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Ancient Indian Trees depicted in Mayamatam

Presentation by Dr. A. S. Nene

Prof. of Civil Engineering(Retd) VNIT Nagpur

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Ancient Indian text “Mayamatam by Sage

Maya deals with Vastushastra.

The text contains names of 75 suitable or

unsuitable trees for construction of habitat .

It is surprising to note that none of these

botanical species has become extinct during

last 15 centauries.

The slide caption contains relevant chapter

and verse number

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15.64 - Falsa - Grewia asiati

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15.64-black catechu / cutch tree Acacia catechu Wild. Mimosoideae

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15,64-Babul tree - Acacia arebika

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15.64- Indian butter tree South Indian mahua- Madhuca longifolia Linn. / Bassia longifulia Sapotaceae

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15.64-Royal poinciana - Delonix regia

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15.64-Golden or yellow champa- Michelia champaca Linn. Magnoliaceae

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15.64-Black wood- Dalbergia latifolia

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15.64-arjuna myrobalan- Terminalia arjuna - Am. Combretaceae

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15.64- Pagoda tree - Tabernaemontana Styphnolobium japonicum

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15.64- Rubber tree- Hevea brasiliensis,

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15.64- white sandalwood- Santalum album Linn. Santalaceae

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15.65- Date palm - Phoenix dactilifera

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15.65- dhavan- Grewia tiliaefolia Vahl. Tiliaceae

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15.65-Sago Palm- Cryota alrenus

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15.65- Teak tree - Tectona grandis

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15.65-Cheraunji nut tree Buchanania lanzan

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15.65- stone flower- Parmelia perlata (Huds.) Ach. Lichenes

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15.65-

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15.65- Indian lilac / margosa tree - Azidiracta indica A Juss. Meliaceae

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15.65-Indian Kino Malabar Kino - Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. Papilionaceae

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15.65- pomelo / shadduck of West Indies Citrus decumana Linn. Rutaceae

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15.66- Box myrtle- Myrica esculenta Buch – Ham

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15.66- Money jack tree-Fig tree- Ficus carica

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15.66- Indian jackfruit tree - Artocarpus integrifolia Linn. / heterophyllus

Urticaceae

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15.66- Saptaparni tree- Alstonia scholaris

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15.66- Jamoon tree- Eugenia jambolana.

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15.66- Bitter Apple -Colocynath,

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15.108- sacred fig / peepal tree- Ficus religiosa Linn. Urticaceae

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15.106- cluster fig / country fig- Ficus racemosa Linn. / glomerata Urticaceae

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15.108- Ficus arnottiana Miq. Moraceae/Urticaceae

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15.108- banyan tree - Ficus bengalensis Linn. Urticaceae

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15.108- bael- Aegle marmelos Corr. ex. Roxb. Rutaceae

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15.109- bastard teak -Butea monosperma Kuntze frondosa Koem ex. Roxb Leguminosae

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15.109- conessi bark tree Holarrhena antidysenterica (white) Wall.

Apocynaceae

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15.109- tooth brush tree / salt bush Salvadora persica Linn. Salvadoraceae

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15-109- CordiadichotomaFrost.f.

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15-109- Lodh tree-chunga- Symplocos cochinchinensis

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15.109- wild cinchona-Anthocephalus indicus A. Rich. / cadamba Miq. Rubiaceae

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15.110- Night-flowering Jasmine - Nyctanthes arbortristis

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15.110- Geranium tree, Camel`s foot, Butterfly tree- bauhinia-purpurea

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15.110- Tamarind tree- Tamarindus indica

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15.110- Silk cotton tree-

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56-15.110- cassia flower / sponge tree Acacia leucophloea /farnesiana Willd. Fabaceae / Mimosaceae

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15.111- Cork Oak Tree- Eleiocarpus calamus

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15.111- utrasum-bead tree- Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K. Schum./ E. ganitrus

Roxb. Elaeocarpaceae

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15.111- Indian gooseberry- Emblica officinalis Gaertn./ Phyllanthus emblica Linn.

Euphorbiaceae

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15.111- Wood Apple-Limonia acidissima

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15.111- Indian gamboge- Garcinia morella Desr. Guttiferae

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15.111- Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. / Drypetes

roxburghii Wall. Euphorbiaceae

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15.112- Snake wood tree- Acacia xiphophylla

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15.112- Indian beech- Pongamia glabra Linn. / pinnata / Galedupa indica Papilionaceae

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15.112- three-leaved caper- Crataeva nurvala / religiosa / magna Hook & Forst. Capparidaceae

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15.112- Indian plum / jujube / bherefruit tree- Zizyphus sativus Rhamnaceae

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15.112- bullet-wood tree- Mimusops elengi Linn. Sapotaceae

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15.112

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15.112- aloe wood / eagle wood- Aquilaria agallocha Roxb. Thymelacaceae

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15.113- camphor tree- Cinnamomum camphora Nees & Eberm. Lauraceae

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