PLANTS AND THIER CLASSIFICATIONS

RIVER TAMARIND
CLASSIFICATION:
KINGDOM :-PLANTAE

FAMILY :-FABACEAE

SUBFAMILY:-CAESALPINIOIDEA

ORDER:-FABALES

GENUS:-LEUCAENA

HABIT:BIPINNATE LEAVES AND BALL SHAPED YELLOW FLOWERS , WHICH GROW SINGEL OR IN
CLUSTERS FROM LEAF AXILS .

HABITAT:IT IS ASMALL FAST GROWING MIMOSOID TREE AND IT IS A NATURALIZED

THROUGHOUT THE TROPICS .

COMMON NAME :JUMBAY,RIVER TAMARIND, PEARI WATTLE .

SCIENTIFIC NAME :LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA.

BOTANICAL NAME :ACACIA LEUCOCEPHALA.

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO DECREASE LDL CHOLESTEROL AND

INCRIES HDL CHOLESTEROL ,THERE BY LOWERING THE RISK OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS.

HEIGHT:1.5-2.0M

CENTURY PLANT
CLASSIFICATION:
KINGDOM:PLANTAE
 FAMILY:ASPARAGUS

SUB FAMILY :AGAVOIDEAE

ORDER :ASPARAGALES

GENUS:AGAVE

SPECIES :A.AMERICANA

HABIT: ONLY LIVES BETWEEN 10 AND 30 YEARS.

HABITAT:OLD HABITATIONS,AND ALONG ROAD SIDES IN TEMPARATE, SUBTROPICAL AND SEMI-

ARID REGIONS.

COMMON NAME:MAGUEY,CENTURY PLANT ,AMERICANA ALOE .

SCIENTIFIC NAME :AGAVE AMERICANA.

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: USED FOR ANTICEPTIC,WOUND-HEALING ,AND ANTI INFLAMMATORY

PROPERTIES, USES EXTERNALLY AS A MEDICINAL HERB TOTREAT BURNS , BRUSIES ,MIRROR CUTS,
INJURIES ,AND SKIN IRRITATION CAUSED BY INSECT BITES .

HEIGHT:IT GROES SLOWLY TO ABOUT SIX FEET TALL BY 8-10 FEETS WIDE.

ARBORVITAE
CLASSIFICATION:
KINGDOM:PLANTAE
FAMILY:CUARESSACEAE
SUB FAMILY:CUPRESSOIDAE

CLASS:PINOPSIDA

ORDER:PINALES
 GENUS:THUJA

SPECIES:THUJA OCCIDENTAIL
HABIT:USUALLY PYRAMIDAL IN HABIT .

HABITAT:IT IS A WIDELY CULTIVATED AS AN ORNAMENTAL PLANT.

COMMON NAME:NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR, EASTERN WHITECEDAR.

SCIENTIFIC NAME:THUJA.

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE:LEAVES ALSO YEILD AN ESSENTIAL OIL USED AS TONIC, AND

ANTIPYRETIC TWINGS AND LEAVES ARE A GOOD SOURCE OF TANNIN.

HEIGHT:A RELATIVELY SMALL TREE THAT GROWS 30 TO 60 FEET.

LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY
CLASSIFICATION:
KINGDOM:PLANTAE

FAMILY:ERICACEAE

CLASS:MAGNOLLOPSIDA

ORDER:ERICALES

GENUS:VACCINIUM
HABIT:LOW-GROWING SMALL NATIVE DECIDUOUS SHRUB.

HABITAT:THE PLANT GROWS IN OPEN CONIFER WOODS,OLD FIELDS AND SANDY OR ROCKY BALDS.

COMMON NAME:EUROPEAN BLUEBERRY,VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM.

SCIENTIFIC NAME:VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM.

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE:CONTAIN VITAMINS,MINERALS,AND ANTIOXIDANTS,THAT
PROVIDE NOTABLE HEALTH BEENEFITS.THE VITAMINS IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO BONE HEALTH AND
BLOOD CLOTTOING.

HEIGHT:THE LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY IS A LOW SHRUB OR GRANDCOVER,USUALLY 6 INCHES TO 2 FEET

TALL IN HEIGHT AND WIDTH WITH A MULTIPLE STEMS AND TWIGGY BRANCHES.

MONNON LONGIFOLIUM
CLASSIFICATION:
KINGDOM:PLANTAE
ORDER:MAGNOLIDALES
FAMILY:ANNONACEAE

SUB FAMILY:MALMEOIDEAE

GENUS:MONNON

SPECIES:M.LONGIFOLIUM
HABIT:SYMMETRICAL PYRAMIDAL GROWTH WITH WILLOWY WEEPING PENDULOUS BRANCHES AND
LONG NARROW LANCEOLATE LEAVES WITH UNDULATE MARGINS.

HABITAT:SOUTHERN INDIA AND SRI LANKHA BUT HAS BEEN WIDELY INTRODUCED ELSEWHERE IN
TROPICAL ASIA.

COMMON NAME:FALSE ASHOKA.

SCIENTIFIC NAME:POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA.

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE:THE LEAVES ARE USED FOR ORNAMENTAL DECORATIONS DURING

FESTIVAL. IT IS KNOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE TO ALLEVIATE NOISE POLLUTION.

HEIGHT:IT CAN REACGH A HEGHT LITTLE OVER 10 METERS. THE TREE IS IN A PYRAMIDAL SHAPE.