GROUP 3

BUSHRA SABASADAF KHANJYOTI YADAVSAMREEN SULTANRASHID WASEEMFATIMA AJAZ

COMMON NAME: SAPTPARNI, bodhi tree, DEVIL’s TREESCIENTIFIC NAME :Alstonia scholerisTree Type : medium size evergreen treeClimate condition : Moist warm climate

can not resist water loggingBark : pale gray brownLeaves : 6-10 leaves arranged in a whorl around a

central stemAvg. Height : 14-15 m in delhi climate (max 40.0 m )Flowers : small fragrant whitish green in cluster Flowering season : mid October to DecemberLeaf fall : very less leaf fall Uses : Mostly preferred as Avenue tree, can also

be used in parks in bunch.: wood used for pencil.

Growth : Grows rapidly and easy to cultivate and require less maintenance.

FLOWER LEAVES BARK

Alstonia scholaris

•FRANGIPANI FLOWERS COLOR ARE OF WHITES,

YELLOWS, PINKS, REDS, AND MULTIPLE PASTELS.

•FRANGIPANI IS KNOWN TO POSSESS A POISONOUS,

MILKY SAP.

•FRANGIPANI FLOWERING PLANTS CAN GROW TO BE

LARGE SHRUBS OR EVEN SMALL TREES.

•IN TROPICAL REGIONS, THE FRANGIPANI MAY REACH

A HEIGHT OF 30-40 FEET.

•FRANGIPANI LEAVES TEND TO FALL IN EARLY

WINTER.

•FRANGIPANIS ARE DECIDUOUS AND SENSITIVE TO

COLD.

•FRANGIPANI TREE'S WOOD IS WHITE, LIGHT AND

SOFT, AND CAN BE USED FOR THE MANUFACTURING

OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, TABLEWARE AND

FURNITURE.

•. FRANGIPANIS ARE ALSO GREAT SURVIVORS COPING

WITH DROUGHT, HEAT, NEGLECT AND INSECT AND

PEST ATTACK

•THE PETALS ARE WAXY WITH THE CENTRE OF THE

PLUMERIA OBTUSA PLUMERIA RUBRA

•its common name is "Singapore", •ITS Common NAME IS Frangipani or Red

Frangipani

•Height GOES UP to 8m and spread

to 4m. •height GOES UP to 4m and spread to 4m

•Leaves are pointed and oval up to

18cm long.

•Leaves are lance shaped to oval, and 20cm to

30cm long.

• Tubular fragrant flowers occur in summer -

autumn

•Produces fragrant flowers with 5 spreading

petals,

in summer - autumn

TOOT-MORUS ALBA(SHAHTOOT,CHINNI,CHEAN,KANDI)

A MODEST TREE WITH A

SPREADING ,IRREGULAR

CROWN ,SOMETIMES

CULTIVATED FOR ITS FRUIT IN

DELHI BUT MORE OFTEN SELF

SOWN AND GROWING

UNTENDED IN UNPPLANNED

SPACES.(9M IN HEIGHT)

ORIGINALLY FROM CHINA

CULTIVATED IN INDIA .

SEASONS

•LEAVES SHED DECEMBER TO JANUARY,

•NEW LEAVES IN LATE FEBRUARY ,

•CANOPY RENEWED BY LATE MARCH .

•FLOWERS JUST BEFORE THE NEW LEAVES IN

FEBRUARY .MALE FLOWERS SHED BY EARLY

MARCH.

•FRUIT START TO DEVELOP EARLY IN APRIL AND

CAN CONTINUE INTO EARLY MAY.

WHERE TO SEE IT

•COMMON AS A SELF SOWN

•RELICT TREE IN GARDENS OR VACANT PLOTS

ALL OVER THE CITY

•SELDOM PLANTED WITH INTENT.THERE ARE

TWO OUTSIZE SPECIMENS INSIDE THE NATIONAL

ARCHIVES COMPOUND.

•CONSPICUOSLY ABSENT FROM THE RIDGE. FLOWERS

•TINY GREENISH CROWDED ON SLENDER

SPIKES.

•MALE &FEMALE FLOWERS ARE

SEPARATE,GROW ON THE SAME TREE

•FLOWER SPIKES ARE LONGER (ABOUT 2 CM)

AND FALL OFF IN GREAT QUANTITY WHEN THEY

HAVE FINISHED PRODUCING POLLEN.

•FEMALE SPIKES ARE HALF AS LONG ,WITH

INDIVIDUAL FLOWERS PACKED TOGETHER MORE

CLOSELY.

LEAVES

•EXTREMELY VARIABLE

FROM ABOUT 5CM LONG

(COMMON) TO 18CM.

•USUALLY OVAL WITH A

HEART SHAPED BASE AND

POINTY TIP ,BUT SOME

LEAVES(ON YOUNG

SHOOTS)CAN BE DEEPLY

LOBED

•THERE ARE 3-5 VEINS

STARTING FROM THE BASE

AND THE EDGES OF THE

FRUIT

COMPOUND

COMPRISING LOTS OF

INDIVIDUAL BERRIES

PACKED TOGETHER

.EACH LITTLE FEMALE

FLOWER SWELLS UP

AND BECOMES SWEET

AND JUICY .CULTIVATED

MULBERRIES CAN BE 5

CM LONG,WILD ONES

ARE SHORTER.

BARK

DARK OR MEDIUM

BROWN, ROUGH WITH

SHALLOW VERTICAL

FURROWS BECOMING

ACCENTUATED WITH

AGE.

RANGE

ORIGINALLY WILD IN HILLY REGIONS OF CHINA AND IN JAPAN.

CULTIVATED FROM ANTIQUITY IN N.INDIA AND STILL WIDELY GROWN FOR SILKWORMS.IN

INDIA

IT IS COMMON AS A SELF SOWN TREE IN THE PLAINS AND IS GROWN UP TO 3000 M IN

THE HILLS.

HABITAT

•TOOT GROWS ON A

VARIETY OF WELL DRAINED

BUT REQUIRES RATHER A

LOT OF WATER .

•IT SPREADS THROUGH THE

AGENCY OF BIRDS.

•IT TOLERATES

SHADE,SEVERE FROST AND

HIGH LEVELS OF SULPHUR

POLLUTION ,BUT IS SHORT

LIVED AND DEVELOPS A

HOLLOW TRUNK AND

RAGGED CROWN AFTER

ABOUT 20 YEARS.

USES

•SILKWORMS HAVE BEEN REARED ON THE LEAVES OF THIS TREE IN CHINA FROM

VERY REMOTE TIMES.

•THE FRUIT IS CONSIDERED LAXATIVE AND IS USED BY UNANI HAKEEMS TO TREAT

SORE THROATS,DYSPEPSIA AND MELANCHOLIA.

•THE BARK AND ROOTS HAVE MEDICINAL USES TOO.THE SWEET FRUIT IS EATEN RAW

OR IS PROCESSED TO MAKE JUICE ,WINE,VINEGAR.

•THE LEAVES ARE NUTRITIOUS.

•THE PALE SAPWOOD IS USED IN SPORT GOOD INDUSTRY AND FOR LIGHT

CONSTRUCTION AND JOINERY.IT HAS EXCELLENT TURNING AND BENDING

PROPERTIES AND CAN BE BROUGHT TO FINE FINISH.

COMMON NAME: MAHUA, BUTTER TREE

DISTRIBUTION: (IN INDIA) CENTRAL INDIA, WEST BENGAL, WESTERN GHATS, MALABAR & TRAVANCORE

•LARGE DECIDUOUS TREE•USUAL HIGHT - 15 M

& SPREAD - 9 M•LIFE SPAN 80 – 100 YRS

MAHUAMADHUCA

LONGIFOLIA

SOIL•LIGHT, WELL DRAINED SOILS; SANDY, LOAMY SOIL & ROCKY•CAN TOLERATE MILD ALKALINE SOIL•CANNOT STAND WATER LOGGING

PROPOGATION•SOWN IN JULY-AUGUST•YOUNG PLANTS REQUIRE TRAINING TO A SINGLE STEM & LITTLE PRUNING AFTERWARDS•REQUIRES PROTECTION FROM FROST

CLIMATE•GROWS WELL IN MODERATELY DRY CLIMATE (TEMPERATURE RANGING B/W 2-46 DEG C) •REQUIRES RAINFALL 500-1500 MM•CAN BE GROWN TO A ALTITUDE OF 1200 M ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL BUT SENSITIVE TO FROST

SEASONS•PLANT SHED ITS LEAVES IN MARCH & REVIVES THEM IN MAY

TRUNK•SHORT STRAIGHT, CYLINDRICAL TRUNK & SOMETIMES BUTTERESSED NEAR THE BASE•BARK IS GREYISH BROWN, LIGHTLY CRACKED & FISSURED•6 – 8 BRANCHES SPRING APPROXIMATELY FROM THE SAME PLACE ON THE TRUNK & SPREAD UNIFORMLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS•AFTER A SMALL LENGTH, THEY SOON DIVIDE & SUB-DIVIDE INTO NUMEROUS FINE BRANCHLETS GIVING THE TREE SPREADING CROWN

CRACKED BARK

FLOWERS•FLOWERS ARE YELLOWISH/ CREAM COLOURED, FLESHY WITH SWEET BUT MUSTY SCENT•ORGANIZED INTO CLUSTERS, NEAR THE END OF THE BARE BRANCHLETS•ABOUT 3 CM LONG•APPEAR FROM FEBRUARY TO APRIL, WHEN TREE IS LIFE LESS•BLOOM IN NIGHT & FALL OFF BEFORE DAWN, FORMING A FLORAL CARPET

LEAVES•LEAVES ARE ALTERNATE, WIDE, FIRM & BROADLY OVAL, POINTY-TIPPED; PROMINENTLY CLUSTERED NEAR THE ENDS OF BRANCHLETS•13 – 25 CM LONG USUALLY OF 15 CM•IN MARCH LEAVES START TURNING YELLOW & TREE IS ALMOST BARE BY LATE APRIL. NEW LEAVES ARISE IN MAY•YOUNG LEAVES ARE SOFTLY WOOLLY WITH A DELICATE SHADE OF PINK, BECOMING DARK GREEN, LEATHERY & SMOOTH AS THEY AGE

AGED LEAVES

YOUNG LEAVES

USES

LANDSCAPEBEING A GOOD SHADING TREE IT IS•PLANTED ALONG ROAD•PLANTED IN CLUSTERS IN PARKS AS IN SAFDARJUNG TOMB’S GARDEN

OTHER USES•ITS SEEDS YEILD OIL USED FOR COOKING; HENCE NAMED BUTTER TREE•FLOWERS ARE CONSUMED ORALLY- A MAJOR SOURCE OF FOOD IN SOME REGIONS•SUGAR IS EXTRACTED FOM THE FLOWERS WHICH IS ALSO USED TO DISTIL A POPULAR TYPE OF LIQUOR

SOUTHERN ROAD B/W CLARIDGE HOTEL &LODI GARDEN

BLUE JACARANDA-NEELI GULMOHAR

Common name: Blue Jacaranda

Botanical name: Jacaranda mimosifoliA

Family: Bignoniaceae (jacaranda family)

•In India trees start blooming from march to

may.

•The tree is native to brazil,central

america,india,south africa and caribbean

islands.

•It grows upto 30m.

•The flowers appear in bunches with each

tubular flower having 5 lobed petals.

•The flowers are blue purple and white 1” long

and 1.5”wide.

•The fruit is almost round and flat capsule .

• Its bark is thin and grey-brown in colour,

smooth when the tree is young eventually

becomes finely scaly. twigs are slender and

slightly zigzag- light reddish brown.

Flowers grouped in panicles

If the tree is given too much water,

the leaves appear first, somewhat

spoiling the startling effect of the

flowers. The flowers are followed

by woody, disc-shaped seed pods.

The Blue Jacaranda has been

cultivated in almost every part of

the world where there is no risk of

frost; established trees can

however tolerate brief spells of

temperatures down to around

−7 °C (19 °F).

Pretoria, the

administrative capital

of South Africa is

popularly known as

Jacaranda City or

Jakarandastad

The wood is pale grey to whitish,

straight-grained, relatively soft and

knot-free. It dries without difficulty

and is often used in its green or wet

state for turnery and bowl carving.

BOTTLEBRUSH TREE, OR CALLISTEMON CITRINUS

COMMON NAMES

•Red Bottlebrush• Lemon Bottle brush• Crimsom Bottlebrush.

GENUS : Callistemon

HEIGHT: 10 to 15mSPREAD: 10 to 15 m

Some are ground-hugging, and grow to only 0.5 m (1.6 ft). They are evergreen.

LEAVES : linear. Have a lovely fragrance which gets released on crushing the leaves with hands.

RESISTANCE: long-term health usually not affected by pests. Very drought-tolerant .

SOIL: Bottlebrush tolerates any soil except verypoor, alkaline, or poorly-drained.

TRUNK: The wood is hard, heavy, tough, and close grained. It is used for tool handles and fuel. Trunk erect with a rough bark.

•Ranging from kidney ailments to arthritis, ulcers and tuberculosis, Bottlebrush is useful.•Traditionally, topical applications of bottle brush were used to clean wounds and promote healing.

USES: Frequently used in teas, the bottle brush has antibacterial, antifungal

•Bottle brush may treat brittle nails.

• Leaves or blossoms are used to make tea

REFERENCES

http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/tropicalflo

wers/frangipani

wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumeri

http://www.allthingsfrangipani.com/frangipanis.html

https://www.google.co.in/search

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TREES OF DELHI

LA, JOURNAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 39, 2013