Multipurpose & Ornamental Trees

Species Name
Synonyms
English/Trade Name

Abies pindrow

Abies webbiana,
Pinus pindrow

Pindrow-fir, Silver-fir, The West-Himalayan low level fir

Acacia auriculaeformis

Racosperma auriculiformis

Darwin Black Wattle, Australian Wattle

Acacia catechu

Acacia chundra, Acacia polycantha

Cutch Tree

Acacia dealbata

Acacia decurrens

Silver Wattle

Acacia decurrens

Acacia dealbata

Common Wattle, Green Wattle

Acacia holosericea

Acacia pellita, Recosperma holosericeum

Candelabra Wattle

Acacia lenticularis

 

 

Acacia leucophlea

Mimosa leucophlea, Delaportea microphylla

White Bark Acacia

Acacia mangium

Racosperma mangium

Brown Salwood

Acacia mearnsii

Acacia mollissima,
Acacia mollis

Black Wattle

Acacia melanoxylon

 

Australian Blackwood, Tasmanian Blackwood

Acacia nilotica

Acacia Arabica
Acacia indica

Babul, Black Babool, Indian Gum Arabic Tree

Acacia planifrons

 

 

Acacia senegal

Acacia verek

Gum Arabic Tree

Acacia suma

Acaca polyacantha

 

Acacia tortilis

Acacia spirocarpa

 

Acer oblongum

 

Himalayan Maple

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius

Acrocarpus combretiflorus

Pink Cedar, Red Cedar, Shingle-Tree

Adenanthera microsperma

 

 

Adenanthera pavonia

Adenanthera gersenii

Coral Wood, Red Bead Tree, Red Wood

Adina cordifolia

 

Haldu

Aesculus assamica

Aesculus punduana, Aesculus khassyana

Horse chestnut

Aesculus indica

 

Himalayan Chestnut, Indian Horse-Chestnut

Ailanthus excelsa

 

Tree Of Heaven

Albizia amara

Mimosa amara, Mimosa

 

Albizia chinensis

Albizia stipulata

 

Albizia lebbeck

Mimosa sirissa, Mimosa lebbek

East Indian Walnut, Siris Tree

Albizia lucida

 

 

Albizia moluccana

Adenanthera falcata

Batai, White Albizia, Peacock Plume

Albizia procera

Mimosa elata, Mimosa procera

Forest siris, Safed Siris, Brown Albizia

Aleurites fordii

 

Tung Oil Tree

Aleurites moluccana

Aleurites triloba

The Candlenut Tree

Alnus nepalensis

Alnus mairei, Clethropsis nepalensis

Indian Alder, Nepalese Alder

Alnus nitida

 

West Himalayan Alder

Alstonia scholaris

Echites scholaris, Pala scholaris

Devil’s Tree, Dita-Bark Tree

Anogeissus latifolia

Conocarpus latifolia

Button Tree, Dindiga Tree, Ghatti Tree, Axlewood

Anogeissus pendula

 

 

Anthocephalus chinensis

Anthocephalus cadamba, Anthocephalus indicus

Wild Cinchona

Artocarpus chaplasha

 

Chaplash

Azadirachta indica

Melia azadirachta

Indian Lilac, Margosa Tree, Neem Tree

Balanites roxburghii

Balanites aegyptiaca

Desert Date

Barringtonia acutangula

 

Indian Oak, Bhijal, Kumia

Barringtonia racemosa

Barringtonia insignis, Barringtonia pallida

 

Bassia latifolia

Madhuca longifolia, Madhuca indica

Mahua

Bauhinia hookeri

 

 

Bauhinia purpurea

 

Butterfly Tree, Geranium Tree, Orchid Tree

Bauhinia racemosa

 

 

Bauhinia retusa

Bauhinia semla

 

Bauhinia variegata

Phanera variegata

Buddhist Bauhinia, Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree

Betula utilis

Betula bhojpattra

Himalayan Silver Birch, Indian Paper Birch

Bischofia javanica

Bischofia trifoliate, Bischofia roperiana

Bishop Wood, Java cedar

Bombax ceiba

Bombax malabaricum, Salmalia malabarica, Gossampinus malabarica

Silkcotton Tree

Broussonetia papyrifera

 

Paper Mulberry, Tapa-Cloth Tree

Butea monosperma

Butea frondosa

Bastard Teak, Bengal Kino Tree, Flame Of The Forest

Cassia grandis

 

 

Cassia javanica

Cassia bacillus

 

Cassia marginata

Cassia roxburghii

 

Cassia nodosa

 

 

Cassia siamea

Cassia florida, Senna sumatrana

Bombay Blackwood, Iron Wood

Cassia spectabilis

Pseudoacacia spectabilis

 

Castanospermum australe

 

Moreton Bay Chestnut, Black Bean

Casuarina equisetifolia

Casuarina sumatrana, Casuarina muricata

Beefwood, Australian Pine

Cedrela toona

Toona ciliata

Toon, Red Cedar, Moulmein Cedar

Cedrus deodara

Cedrus libani

Deodar, Himalayan Cedar

Ceiba pentandra

Eriodendron anfractuosum

White Silk Cotton Tree, True Kapok Tree

Celtis australis

Celtis caucasica

European hackberry, Mediterranean hackberry

Chorisia speciosa

 

 

Chukrasia velutina

Chukrasia tabularis

Burma Almond Wood, Chittagong Wood

Cinnamomum camphora

 

Camphor Tree

Cocos nucifera

Palma cocos

Coconut, Coconut Palm

Cordia dichotoma

Cordia oblique, Cordia myxa

Indian Cherry

Cordia sebestina

 

Scarlet cordial, Geigar Tree, Aloe Wood

Dalbergia assamica

 

Assamica shisam

Dalbergia latifolia

Dalbergia sissoides

East Indian Rosewood, Bombay Blackwood, Malabar black wood

Dalbergia sissoo

Amerimnon sissoo

Sissoo, Indian Rose Wood

Delonix regia

Poinciana regia

Gul Mohr, Gold Mohur, Flamboyant Flame Tree

Dichanthium annulatum

Andropogon annulatus

 

Dillenia indica

 

Dillenia

Diospyros melanoxylon

Diospyros tupru

Coromandel Ebony Persimmon

Enterolobium contortisiliqium

 

 

Erythrina indica

Erythrina variegate, Erythrina orientalis

Indian Coral Tree

Erythrina suberosa

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Eucalyptus rostrata

Eucalyptus Kino Or Red Gum

Eucalyptus citriodora

Eucalyptus maculata

Lemon-Scented Eucalypt

Eucalyptus globulus

 

Tasmanian Blue Gum Eucalypt

Eucalyptus grandis

 

Red gum, Rose gum

Eucalyptus hybrid

 

 

Eucalyptus robusta

Eucalyptus multiflora, Eucalyptus rostrata

Swamp Mahogany

Eucalyptus tereticornis

Eucalyptus umbellata

 

Eugenia jambos

 

 

Ficus bengalensis

 

The Banyan

Ficus benjamina

 

 

Ficus elastica

 

Assam Rubber, India Rubber

Ficus infectoria

Ficus lucescens, Ficus lacor

 

Ficus racemosa

Ficus glomerata

 

Ficus religiosa

 

The Peepal

Gliricidia sepium

Gliricidia maculata

 

Gmelina arborea

 

 

Grevillea robusta

 

Silver Oak, Silky Oak

Grewia optiva

Grewia oppositifolia

 

Gynocardia odorata

 

 

Hardwickia binata

 

 

Heterophragma adenophyllum

Haplophragma adenophyllum

 

Holoptelea integrifolia

 

 

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Jacaranda acutifolia, Jacaranda ovalifolia

 

Kigelia pinnata

 

Common Sausage Tree

Koelreuteria paniculata

 

 

Lannea grandis

Lannea coromandelica, Odina wodier

 

Madhuca longifolia

Bassia longifolia

South Indian Mahua, Mowra Butter Tree

Magnolia grandiflora

 

Bully Bay

Mallotus philippensis

 

Kamala Tree

Manilkara hexandra

Mimusops hexandra

 

Melia azedarach

 

Persian Lilac, Bead tree

Melia composita

Melia dubia

 

Michelia champaca

 

Champak

Millettia ovalifolia

 

 

Mimusops elengi

 

Bulletwood

Mitragyna parvifolia

Stephegyne parvifolia

 

Moringa oleifera

Moringa pterygosperma

Drumstick Tree, Horse Radish Tree

Moringa oleifera (P.K.M.1 variety)

Moringa pterygosperma

Drumstick Tree, Horse Radish Tree

Moringa oleifera (P.K.M.2 variety)

Moringa pterygosperma

Drumstick Tree, Horse Radish Tree

Morus indica

 

 

Oroxylum indicum

 

 

Ougeinia oojeinensis

Ougeinia dalbergioides

Sandan

Parkia biglandulosa

 

 

Parkia roxburghii

Parkia javanica, Mimosa biglobosa

 

Peltophorum africanum

 

 

Peltophorum ferrugineum

Peltophorum pterocarpum, Peltophorum roxburghii, Peltophorum inerme

Copper Pod, Rusty Shield Bearer

Pithecellobium dulce

Mimosa dulcis, Igna dulcis, Igna lanceolata

Quamachil, Madras Thorn, Manila Tamarind

Plantanus orientalis

 

Oriental Plane

Polyalthia longifolia

 

Mast or Cemetery Tree

Polyalthia pendula

 

 

Pongamia pinnata

Pongamia glabra, Derris indica, Pongamia pinnata, Milletia novo-guineensis

Pongam Oil Tree, Karanj, Indian Beech

Prosopis chilensis

Ceratonia chilensis

Mesquite

Prosopis cineraria

Prosopis spicigera, Mimosa cineraria

 

Pterocarpus dalbergioides

Pterocarpus indicus

Andaman Padauk, Andaman Redwood

Pterocarpus marsupium

 

Indian Kino Tree, Malabar Kino Tree

Pterocarpus santalinus

 

Red Sanders, Red Sandal Wood

Pterospermum acerifolium

 

Hathipaila

Putranjiva roxburghii

 

 

Quercus incana

 

Ban Oak, Grey Oak

Quercus serrata

Quercus acutissima

 

Robinia pseudoacacia

 

Robinia, False-acacia, Black Locust

Samanea saman
Albizia saman, Pithecellobium saman, Enterolobium saman, Mimosa saman, Igna saman, Igna salutaris

Santalum album

Sirium myrtifloium

Sandal Tree
Sandal Wood Tree

Sapindus mukorossi

Sapindus detergens, Sapindus abruptus

Soapnut-Tree of North India

Sapium sebiferum

 

The Chinese Tallow-Tree

Saraca asoca

Saraca indica

Ashoka

Schleichera oleosa

Schleichera trijuga

The Lac Tree, Macassar Oil Tree, Ceylon Oak

Semecarpus anacardium

 

The Marking Nut Tree, Oriental Cashew

Sesbania cannabina

Sesbania aculeate, Aeschynomene aculeate, Aeschynomene bispinosa, Sesbania bispinosa

Daincha, Prickly Sesban

Sesbania grandiflora

 

Agathi, Swamp Pea, Sesban

Shorea robusta

 

Sal

Spathodea campanulata

Spathodea nilotica

African Tulip Tree, Squirt Tree, Flame of the forest, Fountain flame, Nandi flame, Nile flame, Uganda flame

Sterculia villosa

 

Udak Wood

Strelitzia reginae

 

 

Strychnos nux-vomica

 

Snake-wood, Nux Vimica, Strychnine Tree

Swietenia macrophylla

Swietenia belizensis, Swietenia candollei, Swietenia krukovii, Swietenia tessamannii

Honduras, Colombian, Mexican, Brazilian, Peruvian Mahogany Tree

Swietenia mahagoni

Swietenia fabrilis, Cedrus mahogany

Spanish, Cuban, Puerto Rico or Jamaica mahagony Tree

Syzygium cuminii

Eugenia jambolana, Eugenia cuminii

Jaman, Jambolan, Black Plum, Java Plum

Tecoma undulata

Tecomella undulate, Bignonia undulate

Rohida Tree

Tectona grandis

Tectonia theca

Teak tree, Indian Oak, Teak wood

Terminalia alata

Terminalia tomentosa

Laurel

Terminalia arjuna

 

Arjun

Terminalia bellirica

 

Belliric Myrobalan

Terminalia catappa

Terminalia moluccana, Terminalia procera, Terminalia mauritiana, Terminalia latifolia

Indian Almond Tree, Malaya myrobalan, West Indian Almond, Tropical Almond, False Kamani, Country Almond, Bengal Almond

Terminalia chebula

 

Chebulic Myrobalan

Terminalia myriocarpa

 

Hollock

Thespesia populnea

Hibiscus bacciferus, Hibiscus populneus, Thespesia macrophylla, Hibiscus populneoides, Malvaviscus populneus

Portia Tree, Umbrella Tree, Indian Tulip Tree, False Rosewood
Cork tree, John Bull Tree, Milo, Pacific Rosewood, Large leaved tulip tree

Thevetia neriifolia

Thevetia peruviana

Lucky Nut Tree, Yellow Oleander

Toona ciliata

Toona microcarpa, Cedrela toona, Toona australis, Toona ternatensis

Toon, Red Cedar, Moulmein Cedar

Trewia nudiflora

 

False White Teak

Wrightia tomentosa

 

 

Ziziphus jujuba

Ziziphus mauritiana, Ziziphus sativa, Ziziphus vulgaris

Indian Jujuba

Ziziphus rotundifolia
Rhamnus nummularia
Wild Jujuba