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 Local Name
 Indian Almond
 Sea Almond

 Scientific name: Semisagittatum Pterospermum

Characteristics: Pterospermum semisagittatum (also called Indian kapok, among

many other common names) is a medium-sized tree that grows up to 20 meters tall.
It is native to India, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia. It is found in tropical and
subtropical moist lowland forests.

Roots: The flowers of Pterospermum semisagittatum are white in color and have
five petals .

Stems: The seedlings are small and have a single stem with two to three
leaves.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, almost distichous, simple; stipules laciniate, about 2 cm

long; petiole thick, about 3

Vascular system;
bark: The bark is said to be used as a replacement for the Areca nut (Areca
catechu) in a masticatory with the betel quid (Piper betel)[

Wood:

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Growth Range: it can grow from 15 - 25 metres tall. The straight bole can be free
of branches for up to 12 metres[

Flower buds: Flowers few together in a leaf axil with laciniate

Habitat: Semi-deciduous Tree Scattered in dense evergreen forest and also found
in dry forests and the more open, secondary formations; at elevations from 100 -
900 metres
Growing season: A fairly fast-growing tree spring

Seeds: The seeds are small and black in color

Weather and temperature: It prefers full sun and moist, well-drained soil.

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Fruit: Fruit a tubular, fusiform to ovoid, woody capsule, up to 8 cm × 6 cm, with

persistent calyx

Uses : The bark fibres have been used for cordage. The reddish-grey wood is
heavy, fairly hard, durable. It is used to make axe handles and is used as house
columns in traditional buildings The wood is used for fuel

Pterospermum semisagittatum is used in traditional medicine for treating fever,

inflammation, and skin diseases. It is also used as an ornamental plant in gardens
and as an ingredient in perfumes.

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Local Name : bishopwood, yoog tree, bischofia

Scientific name: Bischofia javanica

Characteristics: Bischofia javanica, or bishop wood, is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It and
the related Bischofia polycarpa are the only two members of genus Bischofia and tribe Bischofieae. These
species are distributed throughout southern and southeast Asia to Australia and Polynesia also in North
America.

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 Leaves: Leaves arranged spirally, compound with 3 leaflets, glabrous; stipules oblong-triangular,
7–22 mm long, papery, falling early; petiole 8–20 cm long; petiolules long and slender, longest in
terminal leaflet; leaflets elliptical to ovate, 6–16 cm × 3–10 cm, base rounded to broadly cuneate,
apex acuminate, margin finely toothed, pinnately veined.

Vascular system;
bark: bark surface fissured and scaly with small thick shaggy scales, reddish brown to purplish
brown, inner bark fibrous, spongy, pink, exuding a red sap; crown dense and rounded.

Wood:

Branching: branches droop; not showy; typically one trunk; no thorns

Growth Range: 30 to 50 feet

 Flower buds: Flowers unisexual, regular, 5-merous, small, greenish, corolla and disk absent;
male flowers with sepals fused at base, hooded, stamens free, opposite to the calyx lobes, ovary
rudimentary; female flowers with sepals falling early, stamens strongly rudimentary, ovary
superior, globose, 3(–4)-celled, style short, with 3 long stigmas.

Habitat: evergreen tree commonly 12–18 m (35–60 ft) in height with dense, rounded head, smooth
branches, and milky sap.

Growing season: Fall to late Spring.

Seeds: Seeds oblong to obovoid, c. 5 mm long, brown

Weather and temperature: full sun to partial shade Soil tolerances: clay; sand; loam;
alkaline; acidic; wet to well-drained
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Fruit: Fruit a globose drupe 1–1.5 cm in diameter, bluish black, with a horny to leathery skin and
fleshy pulp, 3–6-seeded

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Uses: Bishopwood is used in construction for beams, posts, docks, bridges and decking, and also for
flooring, joinery, interior finish, mine props, railway sleepers, furniture, lining, agricultural implements,
carving, pencils and billiard cue butts. It is a potential source of long fibres for pulp and paper
production, and is also suitable for the production of veneer and plywood. It is not a good firewood,
but suitable for making charcoal.

Local Name : Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar

Scientific name: Thuja occidentalis

Characteristics: Thuja occidentalis, commonly known as American arborvitae, Eastern arborvitae,

Eastern white cedar or Northern white cedar, is a dense, conical to narrow-pyramidal (sometimes
maturing to broad-pyramidal), often single-trunked, evergreen tree that is native to eastern and
central Canada south to northern Illinois, Ohio and New York with scattered populations further
south in the Appalachians to North Carolina. Mature trees may reach 40-60' tall in the wild over
time, but in cultivation typically grow much smaller to 20-30' tall. Scale-like, aromatic, yellow-
green to green foliage appears in flattened sprays. Red-brown bark will exfoliate on mature
branches and trunks.

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Leaves: Evergreen, simple

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Growth Range: 20.00 to 40.00 feet

Flower buds: Non-flowering

Habitat: tree wampy areas; lake margins; open, rocky hillsides

Growing season: Winter

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Weather and temperature: Full sun to part shade , Grow in average, medium moisture,
well-drained soils in full sun to part shade

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Fruit: Cone . Red, Brown

 Uses Food and cover for birds.

 First Nations people used eastern white-cedar to prevent
scurvy and taught this practice to French settlers, giving rise to
the name arborvitae, or "tree of life". The Arbor-
vitae sap contains vitamin C. (Kershaw)
 First Nations of the north used it for frames for their canoes.
(Peattie)"
Attracts Birds

Water Use: Medium

Light Requirement: Sun , Part Shade , Shade
Soil Moisture: Dry , Moist
Soil pH: Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
CaCO3 Tolerance: High
Drought Tolerance: High
Soil Description: Moist, well-drained alkaline soils.
Conditions Comments: Arbor vitae can be used as a specimen or
as a hedge. Plants are susceptible to strong wind, snow, and ice
damage, and young plants need protection from winter browsers.
The species tolerates air pollution and heat as long as it is rooted in
cool, moist soil. The highly aromatic plant provides food and cover
for birds.

Local Name : West Indian jasmine

Scientific name: Plumeria alba,

Characteristics: Plumeria alba, commonly called white frangipani or nosegay, is a small rounded deciduous
tree of the dogbane family that grows in a vase-shape to 15-25' tall. It features fragrant white flowers with
yellow centers. Upright branches are thick but weak, and have a milky sap. This species is native to Puerto
Rico and the Lesser Antilles, but has been introduced into a number of tropical areas around the world. Very
fragrant 5-petaled flowers (to 3" wide) bloom in terminal clusters at the branch tips from spring to fall. Flowers
are white with yellow centers. Oblong-lanceolate green leaves (to 12" long) are spirally clustered at the stem
ends. Fruits are cylindrical pods (to 8") that are rarely formed in cultivation.

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Leaves: The leaves are narrowly lanceolate, green and leathery. They tend to cluster at the end
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Growth Range: height : 15.00 to 25.00 feet

Flower buds: Showy, Fragrant ,White with yellow center

Habitat: Terrestrial

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