Kenaf, Deccan Hemp: Malvaceae Hibiscus Cannabinus

Kenaf, Deccan Hemp 1
Malvaceae Hibiscus cannabinus
Type
1.5m-
3m
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Type of foliage : herb
Bark : stems are 1-2 cm diameter,often but not always branched.
Leaf : the leaves are 10-15 cm long, variable in shape, with leaves near the
base of the stems being deeply lobed with 3-7 lobes, while leaves near the top
of the stem are shallowly lobed or unlobed lanceshaped
Flower : the flower are 8-15 cm diameter, white, yellow, or purple when white
or yellow, the centre is still dark purple
Fruit : the fruit is a capsule 2cm diameter, comtaining several seeds
Native or non-native: Native
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Origin if non native :
Ecoclogical uses : medicinal values
Design merits : biennial herbaceous plant, extensively cultivated
Natural habitat : tropical and subtropical climates
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Holy basil 2
Lamiaceae Ocimum tenuiflorum
Type
1m
1m-2m
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Bark : thin, brown in colour
Leaf : its leave are nearly round and upto 5cm lomg with the margin being
entire or toothed.These are aromatic because of the presence of scented oil in
them.
Flower : small having purple to reddish color, present in small compact clustes
on cylindrical spikes. Stalkless heart shaped bracts are there at the base of each
flower cluster. Sepal cup is not hairy within. Flowers are rarely lonfer than 5mm,
calyx tube bearded outside near base.Flower tube is hairy
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Fruit : small and seeds are yellow to reddish in colour

Native or non-native: Native
Ecoclogical uses : medicinal plant
Design merits : sacred plant of India, grown as a pot plant
Natural habitat : it is found growing naturally in moist soil nearly all over the
globe. Varies from sea level to an altitude of 2000m.
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Coriander/cilantro 3
Apiaceae Coriandrum sativum
Type
0.3m-
1m
0.2-0.5m
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Bark : thin, green in colour
Leaf :The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant,
and slender and feathery higher on the flowering stems.
Flower : The flowers are borne in small umbrls, white or very pale pink,
asymmetrical, with the petals pointing away from the center of the umbel
longer (5–6 mm or 0.20–0.24 in) than those pointing toward it (only 1–3 mm or
0.039–0.118 in long).
Fruit : The fruit is a globular, dry schizocarp 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) in diameter.
Shape
Pollen size is approximately 33 microns.

Native or non-native: Native(regions from southern europe,northern africa to
southwestern asia)
Ecoclogical uses : All parts of the plant are edible, Coriander is used in cuisines
throughout the world.lowers bad cholesterol and increases the levels of good
cholesterol A very good food for digestive system, it promotes liver functions
and bowel movements it is good for diabetes patients.
Design merits :
Natural habitat :Well drained silt or loamy soil are suited for cultivation. For
rainfed cultivation soil should be clay in nature.performs well at a temperature
range of 20 – 25 °C.
Bark : thin, green in colour
Leaf :The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant,
and slender and feathery higher on the flowering stems.
Flower : The flowers are borne in small umbrls, white or very pale pink,
asymmetrical, with the petals pointing away from the center of the umbel
longer (5–6 mm or 0.20–0.24 in) than those pointing toward it (only 1–3 mm or
0.039–0.118 in long).
Fruit : The fruit is a globular, dry schizocarp 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) in diameter.
Pollen size is approximately 33 microns.
Native or non-native: Native(regions from southern europe,northern africa to
southwestern asia)
Ecoclogical uses : All parts of the plant are edible, Coriander is used in cuisines
throughout the world.lowers bad cholesterol and increases the levels of good
cholesterol A very good food for digestive system, it promotes liver functions
and bowel movements it is good for diabetes patients.
Design merits :
Natural habitat :Well drained silt or loamy soil are suited for cultivation. For
rainfed cultivation soil should be clay in nature.performs well at a temperature
range of 20 – 25 °C.
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Mint 4
Lamiaceac Mentha
Type
0.1m-
1.2m
0.2-0.5m
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Bark : They have wide-spreading underground and overground stolons and
erect, square, branched stems
Leaf :The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, from oblong to lancetote, often
downy, and with a serrated margin. Leaf colors range from dark green and gray-
green to purple, blue, and sometimes pale yellow.
Flower : The flowers are white to purple and produced in false whorls called
verticillasters. The corolla is two-lipped with four subequal lobes, the upper lobe
usually the largest Shape
Fruit : The fruit is a nutlet, containing one to four seeds.
Native or non-native: Native( Europe and Asia)
Ecoclogical uses : almost exclusively perrinial herb. Mint was originally used as
a medicinal herb to treat stomach ache and chest painsThere are several uses
in traditional medicine and preliminary research for possible use in
treating irritable bowel syndrome.
Design merits :
Natural habitat : wet environments and moist soils
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Mint 5
Lamiaceac Mentha
Type
0.1m-
1.2m
0.2-0.5m
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Bark : They have wide-spreading underground and overground stolons and
erect, square, branched stems
Leaf :The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, from oblong to lancetote, often
downy, and with a serrated margin. Leaf colors range from dark green and gray-
green to purple, blue, and sometimes pale yellow.
Flower : The flowers are white to purple and produced in false whorls called
verticillasters. The corolla is two-lipped with four subequal lobes, the upper lobe
usually the largest Shape
Fruit : The fruit is a nutlet, containing one to four seeds.
Native or non-native: Native( Europe and Asia)
Ecoclogical uses : almost exclusively perrinial herb. Mint was originally used as
a medicinal herb to treat stomach ache and chest painsThere are several uses
in traditional medicine and preliminary research for possible use in
treating irritable bowel syndrome.
Design merits :
Natural habitat : wet environments and moist soils
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Gulmohr 6
Fabaceae Delonix regia
Type
10m-
18m
8m-12m
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Type of foliage : tree
Bark : smooth,pale grey and often creased at branch forks.
Leaf : compound leaves (doubly oinnate) have feathery appearance and bright
green .
Flower : are quite large with four spreading scarlet or orange-red petals upto
8cm long
Fruit : the pods are green and flaccid when young and turn dark brown and
woody.
Native or non-native: non Native Shape
Origin if non native : Madagascar
Ecoclogical uses : host for lac-insects. control soil erosion in the arid and semi-
arid areas.
Design merits : ornamental tree and provides shade
Natural habitat : dry decidious forest
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Rain tree 7
Fabaceae Samanea saman
Type
15m-
25m
30m
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Bark : bark is the abundant source of gums and resins
Leaf : its leaves fold in rainy season
Flower : pinkish flower with white and red stamen, set on heads.
Fruit : long pods with pungent smell
Native or non-native: non Native
Origin if non native : central and south america
Ecoclogical uses : attracts pollinators, co2 sequestration
Shape
Design merits : dense canopy, shades other plantations
Natural habitat :
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Wild Almond 8
Malvaceae sterculia foetida
Type
30-35m
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Bark :The grey bark is smooth, spotted with brown and faintly ridged. At
certain times ot the year patches of bark loosen and fall away, which
impairs the appearance of the tree The branches are whorled and usually
horizontal
Leaf : digitate leaves.The leaves, which spring in groups of about seven
from the end of the branchlets, are borne on long stalks and consist of from
five to seven 15 cm. leaflets issuing from a central point — a hand-like
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formation. Young leaves are a rich, pale green, slightly downy and from
them a green dye may be obtained
Flower :they form at the knotty ends of the wrinkled old branchlets,
immediately beneath the new leaves and spread in drooping sprays as
much as 30 cm in length. The reddish-green stems bear numerous short,
branched stalks, each terminating in a crimson-brown flower The calices, in
appearance like petals. varying in colour from yellow to pale terracotta and
to deep crimson and brown. But the main characteristics of these flowers is
their incredible stench
Fruit : unpleasant odour
Origin if non native : East Africa to North Australia and countries between
Ecoclogical uses : medicinal value and a gum is obtained from the trunk and
branches
Natural habitat :
Bark :The grey bark is smooth, spotted with brown and faintly ridged. At
certain times ot the year patches of bark loosen and fall away, which
impairs the appearance of the tree The branches are whorled and usually
horizontal
Leaf : digitate leaves.The leaves, which spring in groups of about seven
from the end of the branchlets, are borne on long stalks and consist of from
five to seven 15 cm. leaflets issuing from a central point — a hand-like
formation. Young leaves are a rich, pale green, slightly downy and from
them a green dye may be obtained
Flower :they form at the knotty ends of the wrinkled old branchlets,
immediately beneath the new leaves and spread in drooping sprays as
much as 30 cm in length. The reddish-green stems bear numerous short,
branched stalks, each terminating in a crimson-brown flower The calices, in
appearance like petals. varying in colour from yellow to pale terracotta and
to deep crimson and brown. But the main characteristics of these flowers is
their incredible stench
Fruit : unpleasant odour
Origin if non native : East Africa to North Australia and countries between
Ecoclogical uses : medicinal value and a gum is obtained from the trunk and
branches
Natural habitat :
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Mango 9
Anacardiaceae Mangifera indica
Type
25-30m
20-25m
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Bark :
Leaf :large and leathery, oval in shape and borne on longish stalks with a
thickening at the base. They crowd round the ends of the branches in all
directions. New leaves are copper-tinted and drooping
Flower:a large number of tiny, stalked flowers, white and greenish-yellow in
colour, four or five-petalled with each petal orange-striped. There are
varieties with both the flower stalks and flowers dull red. When the trees
first bloom the flowers are pleasantly fragrant, but later turn quite Shape
disagreeable. Of the thousands of flowers which bloom only a few are
capable of producing frui
Fruit : this fruit par excellence of India has a tough, thin skin, green or
yellow and red; juicy flesh, creamy white, yellow or deep salmon in colour
and a large stone, sometimes fibrous, sometimes smooth
Native or non-native: Native(Indian subcontinent)
Ecoclogical uses : The bark gives a gum used in medicine. The unripe fruit is
used to treat opthalmia and from the ripe fruit a tonic is prepared which is
claimed to be good for the liver. Various parts of the tree are used to stop
bleeding and also prescribed in cases of snake-bite and scorpion-sting
Design merits :Rounded banks of dark green foliage and deep shadows
enfold the stout, black limbs
Natural habitat : Mango is a tropical fruit but is successful in sub-tropical
conditions The most suitable temperature for the growth of mango is 22 – 27°C.
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Coconut palm 10
Palmae Cocos nucifera
Type
18-30
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Bark : smooth, columnar, light grey-brown trunk.unbranched tree.with
thickened base and terminal plume of large.Soft-wooded
Leaf :The leaves are from 4 to 6 m. in length and borne on stout, stiff
stalks. The leathery, sword-shaped leaflets, each from 60 to 90 cm. long,
are arranged flat, like a feather. Clustered round and twisted among the leaf
bases is a quantity of substance like elastic matting
Flower:Male and female flowers grow on the same plant, the male being
smaller. Both appear clustered on many branched stems, sheathed in Shape
“spathes” which spring from the axils of the outer leaves of the crown. They
are yellowish and like stiff catkins.
Fruit :The well-known fruit is large and ovoid, the size of a man’s head with
a hard, green outer covering, which becomes brown when ripe. Inside is a
thick brown fibre surrounding a hard shell with three basal pores. Within
this is the albumen - the sweet and pleasant edible matter familiar to all -
and the milk, which can be extracted by puncturing two of the pores. The
embryo lies opposite one of the pores
Native or non-native:native to tropical islands in the western Pacific Ecoclogical
uses : fibrous rind of the nut and has many uses. It is equally adequate as a
stuffing for mattresses and saddles, for making carpets and mats and for
the construction of strong ropes, durable in salt water. Design merits :
Natural habitat : tropical countries of the world which have a sea coast
Paperflower 11
Nyctaginaceae Bougainvillea glabra
Type
3-4m
3-4m
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Type of foliage : shrub
Bark : The stems are armed with spines which assist the plant in its
climbing and rambling
Leaf :leaves are simple and alternate.leaves are smooth, oblong and bright
green.
Flower :What appear to be the flowers are really trios of bright coloured
bracts which surround the true flowers. These flowers, usually in threes,
are small and tubular, each partly adhering to the base of a bract. The
long, ridged calyx tube is greenish or cream-coloured, often tinged with Shape
the colour of the bracts, ana opens at the end into a tiny, frilled flower,
either white or yellow.
Fruit : The fruit is a narrow five-lobed achene
Native or non-native: Native(brazil)
Ecoclogical uses : a pollution tolerant plant and can help in the mitigation of air
pollution besides its ornamental value in the landscaping.It is also drought
tolerant, salt tolerant, and wind resistant
Design merits :
Natural habitat : grows easily in any soil and thrives with little attention.
But with judicious pruning and watering
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West Indian Jasmine 12
Rubiaceae Ixora
Type
3-5m
1.2-3m
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Bark : grey branches and glossy, dark red stems.
Leaf :e smooth leaves, which appear in pairs-occasionally in threes-are
dark and shining, paler underneath with definite veins. New leaves are a
clear, translucent lime green.
Flower :flower is a long, slender tube dividing into four spreading petals
from the bases of which spring four stamens. The flowers are massed in
heads of various sizes, sometimes immense, round, full trusses, other
times merely a group of a dozen or so All shades and colours are found
Shape
except blues and purples
Fruit :The fruits have two to three small seeds. The taste is mild sweet to
tasteless.
Native or non-native: Native( tropical Asia and African)
Ecoclogical uses : medicinal uses for the various parts of the plant. The
roots are made into a medicine to alleviate stomach troubles and cure
dysentery, although it is admitted that it is not so effective as Ipecacuanha
Design merits :
Natural habitat : well-drained slightly acidic soil which is rich in humors
capacious.often grown as an annual in temperate and cooler climates
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Golden Champak 13
Ochnaceoe Ochna Squarrosa
Type
1-6m
1.2-3m
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Bark: dark brown stem
Leaf :The new leaves, before turning green, are subtle shades of russet,
brown and lime and it is during this time that the bright yellow. narrow
leaves are oblong to elliptic and measure 30–60 mmwide, and are shiny green
with fine toothed serrations along the leaf edges
Flower :The flowers appear in clusters on 2.5 cm. stems and have a
variable number of petals. These open fiat or bend back showing the close
bunch of yellow stamens, each tipped with a long, deeper yellow anther
Shape
Fruit :Five or six fruits grow from the plant, which are attached to the
sepalsWhile the fruit is developing, the sepals enlarge and turn bright red, in
most cases turning the whole plant red. The 5 mm diameter fruit are initially
pale green and turn black
Native or non-native: Native(tropical woodlands of Africa, the Mascarenes and
Asia)
Ecoclogical uses : a medicinal plant.Bark is stomachic. Leaves are used to stop
menstrual disorder
Design merits :
Natural habitat :well-drained soil.temperature 0Â° to 5Â° F,
Bark: dark brown stem
Leaf :The new leaves, before turning green, are subtle shades of russet,
brown and lime and it is during this time that the bright yellow. narrow
leaves are oblong to elliptic and measure 30–60 mmwide, and are shiny green
with fine toothed serrations along the leaf edges
Flower :The flowers appear in clusters on 2.5 cm. stems and have a
variable number of petals. These open fiat or bend back showing the close
bunch of yellow stamens, each tipped with a long, deeper yellow anther
Fruit :Five or six fruits grow from the plant, which are attached to the
sepalsWhile the fruit is developing, the sepals enlarge and turn bright red, in
most cases turning the whole plant red. The 5 mm diameter fruit are initially
pale green and turn black
Native or non-native: Native(tropical woodlands of Africa, the Mascarenes and
Asia)
Ecoclogical uses : a medicinal plant.Bark is stomachic. Leaves are used to stop
menstrual disorder
Design merits :
Natural habitat :well-drained soil.temperature 0Â° to 5Â° F,
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Rangoon Creeper 14
Combretaceae Quisqualis Indica
Type
2.5-8m
length
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Type of foliage : Creeper
Bark:
Leaf :The leaves are elliptical with an acuminate tip and a rounded base. They
grow from 7 to 15 centimeters and their arrangement is opposite
Flower :pendent pink and white blossoms and the attractive appearance is
enhanced by the delicious perfume.
Fruit :black fruit is smooth and pointed, dry and five-winged and about 2.5
cm. in length. A bitter liquid is produced from pulped, unripe fruit and
used as a vermifuge. Shape
Native or non-native: Native(Tropical Asia)
Ecoclogical uses : The plant is used as an herbal medicinal Decoctions of the
root, seed or fruit can be used as antihelmintic to expel parasitic worms or for
alleviating diarrhea
Design merits :
Natural habitat : requires full sun to partial shade. This creeper survives in a
variety of soil conditions provided they are well draining and is pH adaptable.
Regular watering and full sun with afternoon shade will keep this liana thriving.
Coral Creeper 15
Polygonaceae Antigonon Leptopus
Type
10-12m
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Type of foliage : Creeper
Bark: pink stem
Leaf :The leaves are heart-shaped or triangular, pointed and up to 7.5 cm.
in length Rising from the stalk on short, they bend and fold in every
direction
Flower :lovely sprays of delicate pink flowers
Fruit :The fruit is a small nut, sheathed by five heart-shaped “leaves”
which form wings. These are green at first, later becoming brown and
brittle. They develop in clusters similar to the flowers Shape
Native or non-native: Native(mexico)
Ecoclogical uses : Medicinal,Decoction made from roots orally to treat
dermatological infections/diseases,Leaves are used in skin diseases.
Design merits :
Natural habitat :The plant is adaptable to nearly any well-drained soil.coral
vine thrives in full sunlight but tolerates partial shade. Give coral vine plenty of
room to spread. Additionally,coral vine climbs by way of tendrils.
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Kenaf, Deccan Hemp 1

Malvaceae Hibiscus cannabinus

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Lamiaceae Ocimum tenuiflorum

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Fruit : small and seeds are yellow to reddish in colour

Apiaceae Coriandrum sativum

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Pollen size is approximately 33 microns.

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Fabaceae Delonix regia

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Fabaceae Samanea saman

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Malvaceae sterculia foetida

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Anacardiaceae Mangifera indica

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Palmae Cocos nucifera

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Nyctaginaceae Bougainvillea glabra

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Ochnaceoe Ochna Squarrosa

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Combretaceae Quisqualis Indica

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Polygonaceae Antigonon Leptopus

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