Insights into Various Trees and Their Uses in Botany
Dr. R. RAJA JENCY ESTHER
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Sarah Tucker College
COMMON NAME : TEAK
FAMILY
: VERBENACEAE
TECTONA GRANDIS
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Distribution : native – India, Burma
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Cultivated - Ceylon, Malaya, Indonesia
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Description: Lofty and handsome tree
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Height : 150 feet
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Leaves : Large and strong. Opposite, decussate
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Dry season: crisp carpet
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Flowers : innumerable, minute, tiny, white
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Flowering : June to September
Uses
Valuable timber
Wood - Heavy strong, durable, resists
white ants
Expensive
Furniture, houses and ships
Medicinal uses
wood – head aches, dyspepesia and
stomach complaints.
Bark and flowers decoction - bronchitis
Distribution: Tropical regions
Description : Perennial tree
Height : 60 feet
Leaf lets : delicate, light
green, oval and pointed
Flowers : inconspicuous,
fragrant, white
Fruits : slender, flat,
brown, 1-4 seeded pods.
Uses
: valuable timber
Distribution : tropical regions
Description: Medium sized tree
Height : 13m tall
Leaves : Heart shaped ,
pointed with conspicuous
pale nerves
Flowers : large, bell shaped,
yellow colur with reddish
blotches at the base
USES
TOUGH FIBRE – CORDAGE
BARK AND WOOD – TANNIN
WOOD – BOATS, VEHICLES AND HOUSE
BUILDING
LEAVES, FLOWER, FRUIT AND BARK – ECZEMA,
GUINEA WORM, RINGWORM, PSORIASIS AND
SCABIES
Casuarina equisetifolia
Description : evergreen tree
Bark brown and rough
Flowers unisexual – spikes
Male flowers – spikes at ends
Female flowers - heads
Fruit – globose woody
USES
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Wood – good fuel , ashes retain heat, “best
fire wood in the world”
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High quality of charcoal
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Catechol tannin- tanneries
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Frankia – roots, proteoid roots, VAM
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Absorbs micronutrients
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Ornamental trees.
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Christmas tree.
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Explore detailed information about different trees including Teak, Indian Rosewood, Thespesia Populnea, and Casuarina Equisetifolia. Learn about their characteristics, uses in timber, medicinal properties, and distribution across tropical regions. Gain knowledge about botany from the descriptions provided.
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Dr. R. RAJA JENCY ESTHER Assistant Professor Department of Botany Sarah Tucker College
TECTONA GRANDIS COMMON NAME : TEAK FAMILY : VERBENACEAE
Distribution : native India, Burma Cultivated - Ceylon, Malaya, Indonesia Description: Lofty and handsome tree Height : 150 feet Leaves : Large and strong. Opposite, decussate Dry season: crisp carpet Flowers : innumerable, minute, tiny, white Flowering : June to September
Uses Valuable timber Wood - Heavy strong, durable, resists white ants Expensive Furniture, houses and ships Medicinal uses wood head aches, dyspepesia and stomach complaints. Bark and flowers decoction - bronchitis
Common name : Indian rosewood Family : Fabaceae
Distribution: Tropical regions Description : Perennial tree Height : 60 feet Leaf lets : delicate, light green, oval and pointed Flowers : inconspicuous, fragrant, white Fruits : slender, flat, brown, 1-4 seeded pods. Uses : valuable timber
Distribution : tropical regions Description: Medium sized tree Height : 13m tall Leaves : Heart shaped , pointed with conspicuous pale nerves Flowers : large, bell shaped, yellow colur with reddish blotches at the base
USES TOUGH FIBRE CORDAGE BARK AND WOOD TANNIN WOOD BOATS, VEHICLES AND HOUSE BUILDING LEAVES, FLOWER, FRUIT AND BARK ECZEMA, GUINEA WORM, RINGWORM, PSORIASIS AND SCABIES
CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA Tamil Name : Savukku Family : Casuarinaceae
Casuarina equisetifolia Description : evergreen tree Bark brown and rough Flowers unisexual spikes Male flowers spikes at ends Female flowers - heads Fruit globose woody
USES Wood good fuel , ashes retain heat, best fire wood in the world High quality of charcoal Catechol tannin- tanneries Frankia roots, proteoid roots, VAM Absorbs micronutrients Ornamental trees. Christmas tree.
