Insights into Various Trees and Their Uses in Botany

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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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  1. Dr. R. RAJA JENCY ESTHER Assistant Professor Department of Botany Sarah Tucker College

  2. TECTONA GRANDIS COMMON NAME : TEAK FAMILY : VERBENACEAE

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Common name : Indian rosewood Family : Fabaceae

  6. 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

  7. THESPESIA POPULNEA

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA Tamil Name : Savukku Family : Casuarinaceae

  11. Casuarina equisetifolia Description : evergreen tree Bark brown and rough Flowers unisexual spikes Male flowers spikes at ends Female flowers - heads Fruit globose woody

  12. 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.

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