MANGO TREE ( MANGIFERA INDICA)
1.It is a large green tree, valued mainly for its fruits, both green and ripe.[3]
Approximately 500 varieties have been reported in India.[3] It can grow up
to 15–30 metres (50–100 feet) tall[4] with a similar crown width and a trunk
circumference of more than 3.7 m (12 ft).[3][5] The leaves are simple, shiny
and dark green.[6]
Red-yellow flowers appear at the end of winter, and also at the beginning of
spring. Both male and female flowers are borne on same tree.[3] Climatic
conditions have a significant influence on the time of flowering.[3] In South
Asia, flowering starts in December in the south, in January in Bengal, in
February in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and in February–March in
northern India. The duration of flowering is 20–25 days for the Dasheri
variety, while panicle emergence occurs in early December and flower
opening is completed by February. The Neelum variety produces two crops
a year in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, but it flowers only once in North Indian
conditions.[7]
It is a large green tree, valued mainly for its fruits, both green and ripe.[3]
Approximately 500 varieties have been reported in India.[3] It can grow up to 15–30
metres (50–100 feet) tall[4] with a similar crown width and a trunk circumference of
more than 3.7 m (12 ft).[3][5] The leaves are simple, shiny and dark green.[6]
Red-yellow flowers appear at the end of winter, and also at the beginning of spring.
Both male and female flowers are borne on same tree.[3] Climatic conditions have a
significant influence on the time of flowering.[3] In South Asia, flowering starts in
December in the south, in January in Bengal, in February in eastern Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar, and in February–March in northern India. The duration of flowering is 20–25
days for the Dasheri variety, while panicle emergence occurs in early December and
flower opening is completed by February. The Neelum variety produces two crops a
year in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, but it flowers only once in North Indian conditions.[7]
SACRED FIG:-
SACRED FIG is a large dry season-deciduous or semi-evergreen tree up to 30 metres
(98 ft) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 3 metres (9.8 ft). The leaves are cordate in
shape with a distinctive extended drip tip; they are 10–17 centimetres (3.9–6.7 in) long
and 8–12 centimetres (3.1–4.7 in) broad, with a 6–10 centimetres (2.4–3.9 in) petiole.
The fruits are small figs 1–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) in diameter, green ripening to
purple.[citation needed]
SACRED FIG has a lifespan ranging between 900 and 1,500 years. The Jaya Sri Maha
Bodhi tree in the city of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka is estimated to be more than 2,250
years old.
Ficus religiosa is tolerant to widely varying climatic conditions such as Tropical
rainforest climate where the region receives more than 60 millimetres (6.0 cm) of
precipitation per month, Tropical monsoon climate where average precipitation
ranges from 60 millimetres (6.0 cm) in the driest month to 100 millimetres (10 cm),
Tropical savanna climate with dry summer where average precipitation ranges
from 60 millimetres (6.0 cm) per month in summers to 100 millimetres (10 cm) per
month in winters, Tropical savanna climate with dry winter where average
precipitation ranges from to 60 millimetres (6.0 cm) per month in winters to 100
millimetres (10 cm) per month in summers, Warm temperate climate with dry
winter where average temperature ranges from 0 to 10 °C (32 to 50 °F) and
winters are dry, as well as Warm temperate climate with dry summer where
average temperature ranges from 0 to 10 °C (32 to 50 °F) and summers are dry.
3.BANYAN:---
Like other fig species, banyans bear their fruit in the form of a structure called a "syconium". The
syconium of Ficus species supply shelter and food for fig wasps and the trees depend on the fig
wasps for pollination.[6]
Frugivore birds disperse the seeds of banyans. The seeds are small, and because most banyans
grow in woodlands, a seedling that germinates on the ground is unlikely to survive. However,
many seeds fall on the branches and stems of other trees or on human edifices, and when they
germinate they grow roots down toward the ground and consequently may envelop part of the
host tree or edifice. This is colloquially known as a "strangler" habit, which banyans share with a
number of other tropical Ficus species, as well as some other unrelated genera such as Clusia
and Metrosideros.[2][7][8][page needed][9]
The leaves of the banyan tree are large, leathery, glossy, green, and elliptical. Like most figs, the
leaf bud is covered by two large scales. As the leaf develops the scales abscise. Young leaves
have an attractive reddish tinge.[10]
Older banyan trees are characterized by aerial prop roots that mature into thick, woody trunks,
which can become indistinguishable from the primary trunk with age. These aerial roots can
become very numerous. The Great Banyan of Kolkata, which has been tracked carefully for
many years, currently has 2,880 supplementary trunks.[11] Such prop roots can be sixty feet
(eighteen meters) in height.[12][13] Old trees can spread laterally by using these prop roots to
grow over a wide area. In some species, the prop roots develop over a considerable area that
resembles a grove of trees, with every trunk connected directly or indirectly to the primary trunk.
The topology of this massive root system inspired the name of the hierarchical computer network
operating system "Banyan VINES".[14]
4.neem:-
zadirachta indica, commonly known as neem, margosa, nimtree or Indian lilac,[3] is a tree in
the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is one of two species in the genus Azadirachta. It is native to
the Indian subcontinent and to parts of Southeast Asia, but is naturalized and grown around the
world in tropical and subtropical areas. Its fruits and seeds are the source of neem oil. Nim is a
Hindustani noun derived from Sanskrit nimba
Margosa is a fast-growing tree that can reach a height of 15–20 metres (49–66 ft), and rarely
35–40 m (115–131 ft). It is evergreen, shedding many of its leaves during the dry winter months.
The branches are wide and spreading. The fairly dense crown is roundish and may reach a
diameter of 20–25 m (66–82 ft). The opposite, pinnate leaves are 20–40 cm (8–16 in) long, with
20 to 30 medium to dark green leaflets about 3–8 cm
1⁄ in) long.[7] The terminal leaflet often is missing. The petioles are short.
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White and fragrant flowers are arranged in more-or-less drooping axillary panicles which are up
to 25 cm (10 in) long. The inflorescences, which branch up to the third degree, bear from 250 to
300 flowers. An individual flower is 5–6 mm (3⁄ –1⁄ in) long and 8–11 mm (5⁄ –7⁄ in)
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wide. Protandrous, bisexual flowers and male flowers exist on the same individual tree.
The fruit is a smooth (glabrous), olive-like drupe which varies in shape from elongate oval to
nearly roundish, and when ripe is 14–28 mm (1⁄ –1
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1⁄ in) by 10–15 mm (3⁄ –5⁄ in). The fruit skin (exocarp) is thin and the bitter-sweet pulp
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(mesocarp) is yellowish-white and very fibrous. The mesocarp is 3–5 mm (1⁄ –1⁄ in) thick. The
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white, hard inner shell (endocarp) of the fruit encloses one, rarely two, or three, elongated seeds
(kernels) having a brown seed coat.