TREASURE HUNT

My seeds are poisonous

Consuming them directly is dangerous
Lord shiva is offered my flowers and leaves.

An easy growing tree;

With feathery fronds, up to 12 feet long I’m
popular for my durability,
My colorful red fruits add admirability.

A small ornamental shrub with green leaves And

pink to reddish purple flowers;
Which is why I’m a well-liked garden plant in India.

A small tree with thick succulent branches Near

the tips of which leaves are clustered The tips of
my leaves are rounded
You see my white flowers with a yellow center, in clusters.

A common flowering garden plant native to India My

bright scarlet flowers are stalkless
All my parts have medicinal properties

I have bright, slender, tubular flowers

My nectar is accessible to butterflies and hummingbirds I’m
used in herbal medicine to treat ailments

I’m classified as threatened flora

Luckily, you can spot me here as I’m tolerant to most soils
I’m an ornamental plant with gray foliage and lovely violet flowers

I’m one of the biggest trees in terms of area I cover The

biggest one alive today, is in Andhra Pradesh
I produce crops of figs that sustain many species I’m
a sacred tree to Hindus.

A thornless shrubby tree

My leaves are like those of tamarind
My flowers tinged with yellow resemble puff balls
And have long flattened pods
My seeds are dispersed by birds and grazing cattle.

I’m a small tree

My leaves are toothed, large, dark green and shiny My
flowers are glorious and occur in many colors.

An evergreen shrub with a whip-like stem

And leaves fresh and green;
My clustered flowers are sky blue in colour.

I’m indigenous to India,

With iron-rich fruits that are sweet,
Whose seeds are good for diabetics to eat.

The shape of my leaves is very distinct

Like a fishtail;

That form thick, swirled layers of ruffled fronds.

My fruits are inedible, and I best grow under partial shade.

I have a stout trunk with a huge symmetric crown

And my leaf stems are armed with small sharp teeth.

Native to Madagascar,

I’m a low maintenance landscape plant.

Once rooted, I can brave all kinds of

weather.

My waxy flowers are either lavender or white

And are found in the compounds of temples.

I have oval, light green leaves and a milky stem.

My seeds are dispersed by wind, and are little children’s delight!

I’m a branched shrub with a smooth reddish brown bark,

Medicinal properties are derived from my parts

With terminal bright yellow

flowers, I have flat brown pods.

Native to Mexico,

I’m an evergreen perennial tree,

With an expanded stem base for water storage.

My leaves are strap-shaped and feathery;

And in clusters, look like ponytails.

My flowers are drooping clusters that never open-

Fragrant, slender and pale green.

I bear symmetric fruits

That are hard outside and soft inside,

With a yellow to pink-reddish blush.

I’m a succulent shrub

With thick spiny stems and large leaves,

Huge bunches of red flowers on long stems

That bloom almost all year-round,

I produce a milky latex.

I have a broad crown of arching/level branches

With a greenish dark bark striped vertically.

My flowers look like powder puffs,

With silky threads attracting insects and humming

birds. I have flat brown pods.

I’m an ornamental spreading tree with large, leathery, oval leaves

And my nuts are edible;

I have greenish-white male and female flowers,

That can’t be easily seen.

I’m called the large strangling tree of my type

My shade is bounty and beautiful

My leaves have a whitish midrib

And my fruits are pea-sized.

I’m a tree with a massive bottle-shaped trunk,

Whose branches bear leaf clusters at the tips

My pendant fruits are velvety, grey and gourd-like

That look like dead rats hanging down with their tails!

I’m a crooked tree with spreading branches

With tiny leaflets.

My berries are sour on the tongue,

Sometimes bitter and have astringent properties.

In India, my fruits are eaten with salt and water.

A thorny climber with pink, yellow and white flowers,

The butterflies crowd around my bowers.

An evergreen tree I am with leaves compound,

My twigs are the best toothbrushes to be ever found.

An ornamental tree I am, with flowers pink to purple,

My leaves look like a cut apple.

An ornamental tree I am, with leaves dark and green,

My flowers have a fiery orange colour, the most beautiful ever seen.
We belong to the grass family, the tallest in the world,

Here we are young but a great importance we have.

Flame of the forest, I’m called;

With long black pods and leaves so small.

I’m a short shrub, I have stars

Of purple and white, all years for my flowers.