Botanical Name, Common Name and Uses of important Forest Plants
Botanical Name, Common Name and Uses of important Forest Plants
Sr. No |
Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Use or Utilities |
1 |
Acacia catechu |
Khair |
Fodder, fuel, poles, soil conservation and katha |
2 |
Acacia nilotica |
Babhul |
Fodder, soil conservation; agricultural implements, bark as medicine, tannin products and fule |
3 |
ALadirachta indica |
Neem |
Planks, tooth brush and medicine (Bark, leaves gum) |
4 |
Bombax ceiba, BombaxMalbaricam |
Simal (Kate sawar) |
Match Stiks, packing cases, play wood, soil conservation, roots used as medicines |
5 |
Delbergia sissoo |
Sissoo |
Fodder, Timber, fuel, soil conservation |
6 |
Delbergia latifolia |
Rose Wood |
Fodder, Timber, fuel |
7 |
Melia aadirachta |
Bakan/ Limbara |
Avenue tree, fodder, timber |
8 |
Tectona grandis |
sag / Teak Wood |
Structures and industrial timber, furniture, fuel, tannin, ornamental and medicinal use, KING OF TIMBEER |
9 |
Terrninalia tomentosa |
Asan / Ain |
Industrial timber, tannin, gum, medicinal, tassar |
10 |
Terminalia arjuna |
Arjun |
Industrial timber, small poles, fodder, timber, ornamental, tassar |
11 |
Acacia auriculiformis |
Australin Babhul |
Denuded places, tannin, fuel |
12 |
Acacia chundra |
Lal khair |
Timber, pole, fuel, tannin and soil conservation |
13 |
Aegle marmelos |
Bel |
Tooth brush, fruits, medicine (Bark, gum) |
14 |
Albizia chinesis |
Kala sires |
Timber, pole, fuel, tannin and soil conservation |
15 |
Albizia procera |
Safed Siris |
Timber, medicine, fuel |
16 |
Arto carpusus |
Jack Fruit |
Fruit and timber |
17 |
Anthoeephalus chinensis |
Kadamb |
Fodder, fiiel, pulp wood, ornamental |
18 |
Emblica officinalis |
Amla |
Fruit, fuel, ornamental, medicinal |
19 |
Madhuka latifolia |
Mahua |
Liquor oil seed, timber, edible flower |
20 |
mangifera Indica |
Mango |
Fruit, timber, medicine. |
21 |
Tamarindus indica |
Imli |
Fruit, fuel, medicinal, timber, leaves, flowers, fodder, poles |
22 |
Ziziphus jujuba |
Ber |
Fruit, fodder, poles, lac |
23 |
Syzygium cumini |
Jamun |
Fruit, fodder, poles, timber, fuel,medicinal (flowers fruits) |
24 |
Moringa oleifera |
Drumstick |
Fruit, fodder, hand paper |
25 |
Sesbania grandiflora |
Hadga |
Flowers, fence poles, tannin fodder, fuel, pulp |
26 |
Saraca indica |
Ashok |
Ornamental, medicinal |
27 |
Santalum album |
Sandal |
Industrial timber, oil, ornamental, medicinal |
28 |
Mores albs |
Mulberry |
Fodder, fruit, sport goods, silk industries |
29 |
Pongamia pinnata |
Karanji |
Leaves used for green manuring branches used as tooth brush seeds for oil, used for soil conservation. |
30 |
Bauhinia variegata |
Kanchan |
Fodder, food, timber, leaves and flowers are used as vegetables, medicine |
31 |
Bathinia racemosa |
Jhangora |
Medicinal plant, ornamental |
32 |
Barchinia chinensis |
Kanchan |
Medicinal and fuel, ornamental |
33 |
Michelia chamapaca |
Chaffa |
Pole, industrial timber, fuel, ornamental, soil conservation, medicinal flowers are more valuable for perfume |
34 |
Populus deltoids |
Poplar |
Pulp wood, fodder, packing cases,soil conservation, fuel match box and splints |
35 |
Pitheocolobtum dulcis |
Vilayati Chinch |
Fuel, hedge, soil conservation |
36 |
Prosopis chinensis |
Kabuli kikar |
Fodder, fuel. soil conservation |
37 |
Casuarina equisetifolia |
Khadsarni or suru |
Fuel, timber, good for plantation in coastal area, charco |
38 |
Cupressus cashmiriana |
Cypress |
Industrial timber, poles, soil conservation sandy area |
39 |
Eucalyptus camatndulensis |
Eucalyptus |
Gum, oil,tannin, soil conservation, industrial timber, paper, pulp |
40 |
Eucalyptus globules |
Blue Gum |
Pulp wood, fuel, timber |
41 |
Eucalyptus teriticornis |
Mysore Gum |
Fuel and pulp wood |
42 |
Ficus religiosa |
Pipal |
Avenue trees, fuel, fodder |
43 |
Ficus bengalensis |
Wad |
Avenue trees, fodder, fuel, fruits, soil conservation, timber for packing cases |
44 |
Ficus glornerata |
Gular / Umbar |
Avenue trees, fodder, fuel |
45 |
Delonix regia |
Gulmobar |
Ornamental, avenue trees |