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A
Abrus precatorius
L.
Bead vine,
Coral bead vine
, Crab's eye, Indian licorice,
Jequirity bean
, Precatory pea,
Rosary pea
Acacia auriculiformis
A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Earleaf acacia, earpod wattle
Acacia holosericea
A.Cunn. ex G.Don
Soapbush wattle, strap wattle
Adenanthera pavonina
L.
Acacia coral, Bead Tree, Coral pea,
Coral wood tree
, Curly bean, Jumby bean, Peacock flower fence,
Red bead tree
, Red Lucky Seed, Red sandalwood tree, Red wood tree,
Saga tree
Aegle marmelos
(L.) Correa
Bael tree
Aglaia elaeagnoidea
(A.Juss.) Benth.
Droopy leaf
Alangium salviifolium
(L.f.) Wangerin
Sage-leaved alangium
Albizia amara
Oil cake tree
Albizia lathamii
Stipulate siris
Albizia lebbeck
(L.) Benth.
Lebbeck tree, siris tree, woman's tongues tree
Albizia odoratissima
Black siris
Allophylus cobbe
(L.) Raeusch.
Annona squamosa
L.
Custard apple
Antidesma ghaesembilla
Black currant tree
Aristolochia indica
Indian Birthwort, Duck flower
Artabotrys hexapetalus
(L.f.) Bhandari
Climbing ylang-ylang
, Tail grape
Asparagus racemosus
Willd.
Wild asparagus
Asystasia gangetica
Coromandel Foxglove
Atalantia monophylla
DC.
Indian atalantia, Wild lime
Azadirachta indica
A.Juss.
Indian lilac, margosa tree,
neem tree
Azima tetracantha
Lam.
Needle bush
B
Balanites roxburghii
Desert date
Barleria longiflora
Long Flowered Barleria
Barleria prionitis
Porcupine flower
Barringtonia acutangula
(L.) Gaertn.
Freshwater mangrove,
Indian oak
Bauhinia purpurea
L.
Butterfly tree,
Camel's foot tree
, Geranium tree, Hawaiian orchid tree, Hong Kong orchid tree, Orchid tree, Pink butterfly tree,
Purple bauhinia
, Purple butterfly tree, Purple orchid
Bauhinia racemosa
Lam.
Bidi leaf tree
, Burmese silk orchid
Bauhinia tomentosa
L.
Hairy bauhinia, Pubescent bauhinia,
St. Thomas tree
,
Yellow bauhinia
, Yellow bell, Yellow orchid tree
Benkara malabarica
(Lam.) Tirveng.
Bombax ceiba
Red silk cotton
Borassus flabellifer
Palmyra
Boswellia serrata
Indian frankincense
Boucerosia indica
Indian Caralluma
Boucerosia umbellata
Umbelled Caralluma
Breynia retusa
(Dennst.) Alston
Cup saucer plant
Breynia vitis-idaea
(Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
Mountain Coffee Bush
Bridelia retusa
(L.) A.Juss.
Spinous kino tree
Buchanania axillaris
(Desr.) Ramamoorthy
Buchanan's mango, Cuddapah almond
Butea monosperma
(Lam.) Taub.
Flame of the forest
C
Cadaba fruticosa
Indian cadaba
Cadaba trifoliata
Three-leaf cadaba
Caesalpinia coriaria
(Jacq.) Willd.
American sumac,
Divi-divi
Caesalpinia ferrea
C.Mart.
Brazilian ironwood, leopard tree
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
(L.) Sw.
Dwarf poinciana, Flower-fence, Paradise flower,
Peacock flower
,
Pride of Barbados
, Red bird of paradise
Calophyllum inophyllum
Indian laurel
Calotropis gigantea
Crown Flower, Giant Milkweed
Canavalia cathartica
Maunaloa
, Poisonous sea bean
Canthium coromandelicum
(Burm.f.) Alston
Carray cheddie, Coromandel canthium
Capparis brevispina
DC.
Indian caper
Capparis divaricata
Spreading caper
Capparis zeylanica
L.
Ceylon caper
Caralluma attenuata
Narrow Caralluma
Careya arborea
Wild guava
Carissa spinarum
L.
Bush plum
, Christ's thorn, conkerberry, spiny carissa,
wild karanda
Cascabela thevetia
(L.) Lippold
Yellow oleander
Casearia tomentosa
Toothed leaf chilla
Cassia fistula
L.
Golden shower tree,
Indian laburnum
Cassia roxburghii
DC.
Ceylon senna,
red cassia
, Roxburgh's cassia
Cassine glauca
(Rottb.) Kuntze
Ceylon tea
Cassytha filiformis
Laurel Dodder, Woe vine, Love vine
Catunaregam spinosa
(Thunb.) Tirveng.
Mountain pomegranate, thorny bone-apple
Ceiba pentandra
(L.) Gaertn.
Kapok tree, white silk cotton tree
Celtis philippensis
Blanco
Chionanthus zeylanicus
L.
Chloroxylon swietenia
DC.
Ceylon satinwood, East Indian satinwood,
satinwood
Chukrasia tabularis
A.Juss.
Bastard cedar, East Indian mahogany
Cissus quadrangularis
L.
Veld grape
, Adamant creeper, Asthisamharaka, Bone-setter, Devil's Backbone,
Edible-stemmed vine
, Hadjod
Cissus vitiginea
South Indian Treebine
Clausena dentata
(Willd.) Roem.
Cleistanthus collinus
(Roxb.) Benth. ex Hook.f.
Garari
Clerodendron phlomidis
Sage glory bower
Coccinia grandis
Ivy gourd, Scarlet gourd
Cocculus hirsutus
Broom creeper, Ink berry
Cochlospermum religiosum
Yellow silk cotton
Coffea wightiana
Wild coffee
Colubrina asiatica
(L.) Brongn.
Lather leaf
Combretum albidum
Buffalo calf plant, Oval-leaved Wheel creeper
Commiphora berryi
(Arn.) Engl.
Indian balm of Gilead
Commiphora caudata
(Wight & Arn.) Engl.
Green commiphora, hill mango
Cordia monoica
Roxb.
Sandpaper cordia
, sandpaper saucer-berry, snot berry
Cordia myxa
L.
Indian cherry, Sebesten tree
Cordia ramanujamii
Couroupita guianensis
Aubl.
Cannonball tree
Crateva adansonii subsp. odora
(Buch.-Ham.) Jacobs
Garlic pear tree
Ctenolepis garcinii
Garcin's bur cucumber
Cucumis maderaspatanus
Madras Pea Pumpkin, Bristly Bryony
Cucumis melo var.agrestis
Wild musk melon
Curculigo orchioides
Golden eye grass, Orchid palm grass
Cymbidium aloifolium
Aloe-Leaf Orchid
Cynanchum sarcomedium
Leafless Climbing Milkweed
D
Dalbergia lanceolaria subsp. lanceolaria
Bastard rosewood, East Indian rosewood
Dalbergia latifolia
Rosewood
Dalbergia sissoo
North Indian Rosewood
Deccania pubescens var. pubescens
Emetic nut tree
Delonix regia
(Hook.) Raf.
Flamboyant
, flame tree, royal poinciana
Dendrophthoe falcata
(L.f.) Ettingsh.
Sickle mistletoe
Derris ovalifolia
Kanara Derris
Derris scandens
Hog Creeper, Jewel Vine
Dichrostachys cinerea
(L.) Wight & Arn.
Bell mimosa, sickle bush
Dimorphocalyx glabellus
Thwaites
Not specified
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Chinese yam, Cinnamon vine, Air potato
Diospyros affinis
Diospyros chloroxylon
Roxb.
Not specified
Diospyros ebenum
J.Koenig ex Retz.
Ceylon ebony
,
Ebony
, Indian ebony, True ebony
Diospyros malabarica
(Desr.) Kostel.
Gaub persimon
, Indian persimon, Malabar ebony
Diospyros melanoxylon
Roxb.
Coromandel ebony
, east Indian ebony
Diospyros montana
Roxb.
Bombay ebony, mountain ebony
Diospyros vera
(Lour.) A.Chev.
Ironwood
Diplocyclos palmatus
Lollipop climber, Stripped cucumber
Discospermum sphaerocarpum
Dalzell ex Hook.f.
Dodonaea viscosa
Jacq.
Hopbush, Hopseed bush
Dolichandrone atrovirens
Wavy trumpet flower
Dolichandrone falcata
(Wall. ex DC.) Seem.
Not specified.
Dracaena roxburghiana
Indian Bowstring Hemp
Drypetes porteri
Drypetes sepiaria
(Wight & Arn.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Not specified
E
Ecbolium ligustrinum
Turquoise Crossandra, Green Shrimp plant
Ehretia aspera
Willd.
Ehretia microphylla
Lam.
Fukien tea tree,
Philippine tea tree
Ehretia pubescens
Not specified
Erythrina suberosa
Corky coral tree
Erythrina variegata
L.
Indian coral tree, tiger's claw
Erythroxylum monogynum
Roxb.
Bastard sandal, Red cedar
Eugenia roxburghii
DC.
Roxburgh's cherry
Eulophia epidendraea
Green Ground Orchid
Euphorbia antiquorum
Triangular spurge
Euphorbia nivulia
Leafy milk hedge
Euphorbia tirucalli
African Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Indian Tree Spurge
Euphorbia tortilis
Spiral cactus
F
Falconeria insignis
Chinese tallow
Fernandoa adenophylla
(Wall. ex G.Don) Steenis
Katsagon
Ficus albipila
Abbey Tree
Ficus amplissima
Sm.
Bat tree
Ficus arnottiana
Indian rock fig
Ficus benghalensis
L.
Banyan tree
, Bengal fig, Indian banyan, Indian fig
Ficus benjamina
L.
Benjamin tree, weeping fig
Ficus hispida
Hairy fig
Ficus microcarpa
Chinese banyan
Ficus mollis
Vahl
Donkey's Banyan, soft fig
Ficus racemosa
Cluster fig tree
Ficus religiosa
L.
Bo tree, bodhi tree, holy tree, peepal tree, scared fig
Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa
Dye fig
Filicium decipiens
(Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
Fern tree
Firmiana colorata
(Roxb.) R.Br.
Bonfire tree,
colored sterculia
, scarlet sterculia
Flacourtia indica
(Burm.f.) Merr.
Governor's plum
Flueggea leucopyrus
Willd.
Bushweed,
Indian snow berry
, white honey shrub
G
Garcinia spicata
(Wight & Arn.) Hook. f.
Not specified
Gardenia latifolia
Boxwood gardenia
Gardenia resinifera
Roth
Brilliant gardenia
, gummy gardenia, white emetic nut
Garuga pinnata
Grey downy balsam
Givotia moluccana
(L.) Sreem.
White catamaran tree
Gliricidia sepium
(Jacq.) Walp.
Gliricidia
, Mexican lilac, mother of cocoa, quick stick
Gloriosa superba
Tiger claw
Glycosmis mauritiana
(Lam.) Tanaka
Orange berry
Gmelina asiatica
L.
Asian Bushbeech, Asiatic beechberry
Gossypium arboreum
L.
Tree cotton
Grewia carpinifolia
Juss.
Not specified
Grewia flavescens
Juss.
Donkey berry, Sandpaper raisin
Grewia hirsuta
Vahl
Not specified
Grewia tiliifolia
Common indian linden
Guazuma ulmifolia
Lam.
Bastard cedar
, Bay cedar, Pigeon wood,
West Indian Elm
Guilandina bonduc
Grey Nicker, Nicker Bean, Fever Nut, Knicker Nut
Gymnema sylvestre
Australian cowplant
Gymnosporia emarginata
(Willd.) Thwaites
Not specified
Gyrocarpus americanus
Helicopter Tree
H
Haldinia cordifolia
Yellow teak
Handroanthus serratifolius
(Vahl) S.O.Grose
Yellow poui, yellow trumpet tree
Hardwickia binata
Roxb.
Anjan tree
Helicteres isora
L.
East-Indian screw tree
Hemidesmus indicus
Indian Sarsaparilla
Heptapleurum stellatum
Starry Schefflera
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
L.
China rose
,
Chinese hibiscus
, Hawaiian hibiscus, Shoe flower, Red hibiscus
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Beach hibiscus
Hildegardia populifolia
Poplar leaved ardor
Hiptage benghalensis
(L.) Kurz
Hiptage
Holarrhena pubescens
Wall. ex G.Don
Bitter oleander, Easter tree
Holoptelea integrifolia
Planch.
Indian elm
Huberantha senjiana
Hugonia mystax
L.
Climbing flax
Hymenodictyon orixense
Bridal couch tree
I
Ichnocarpus frutescens
Black creeper
Ipomoea aegyptia
Egyptian Woodrose, Hairy Morning Glory
Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosa
Bush morning glory
Ipomoea pes-tigridis
Tiger foot morning glory, Bindweed, Cupid's flower
Ipomoea sepiaria
Purple heart glory, Hedge bind-weed, Spotted-leaved Ipomoea
Ixora pavetta
Andr.
Small-flowered ixora, Torch tree
J
Jasminum angustifolium
(L.) Willd.
Wild Jasmine
Jasminum cuspidatum
Forest Jasmine
Jatropha gossypiifolia
Belly-ache bush, Black Physic Nut or Cotton-leaf Physic Nut
Justicia adhatoda
L.
Adhatoda, Malabar nut
Justicia gendarussa
Willow-leaved Justicia
K
Khaya senegalensis
(Desv.) A.Juss.
African mahogany
Kleinia grandiflora
Large-flower Kleinia
L
Lagerstoemia parviflora
Small flowered crape myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa
(L.) Pers.
Pride of India
Lannea coromandelica
(Houtt.) Merr.
Indian ash tree
Lantana camara
L.
Common lantana, wild sage
Lepisanthes tetraphylla
Radlk.
Not specified
Leucaena leucocephala
(Lam.) de Wit
Lead tree, leucaena, wild tamarind
Limonia acidissima
Wood apple
Loeseneriella obtusifolia
Indo-China Paddle-Pod
M
Maclura spinosa
Trecul
Madhuca longifolia
Indian butter tree
Madhuca longifolia var.latifolia
Honey tree
Maerua apetala
Petal-less caper
Maerua oblongifolia
Desert Caper
Majidea zanguebarica
J. Kirk ex Oliv.
Velvet seed tree
Mallotus philippensis
(Lam.) Mull. Arg.
Monkey face tree
Mallotus repandus
Climbing Mallotus, Triangular-Leaf Mallotus
Mallotus resinosus
Resinous Kamala
Mallotus rhamnifolius
Buckthorn-leaved kamala
Mangifera indica
Mango tree
Manilkara hexandra
(Roxb.) Dubard
Ceylon Iron wood
, Ceylon rose wood, milk tree, obtuse leaved mimusops, wedge-leaved ape flower
Memecylon umbellatum
Burm.f.
Ironwood tree
Miliusa eriocarpa
Wooly-fruit miliusa
Millettia peguensis
Moulmein rosewood
Millingtonia hortensis
L.f.
Indian cork tree, tree jasmine
Mimusops elengi
L.
Bakul tree,
bullet wood
, Indian medlar tree, Spanish cherry
Mitragyna parvifolia
(Roxb.) Korth.
Forest kadamba
Monoon longifolium
False Ashoka, mast tree
Morinda coreia
Buch.-Ham.
Indian mulberry, morinda tree
Moringa oleifera
Lam.
Drumstick tree, moringa
Mucuna pruriens
Velvet Bean, Monkey Tamarind
Murraya paniculata
(L.) Jack
Orange jessamine
, Chinese box, Cosmetic-bark-tree, Mock lime,
Mock orange
, Orange Cestrum
N
Neolamarckia cadamba
(Roxb.) Bosser
Burflower tree, kadam, kadamba
O
Ochna obtusata
DC.
Carnival bush, golden champak,
Mickey Mouse bush
Olax scandens
Parrot Olax
Oncoba spinosa
Forssk.
Fried egg tree, snuff-box tree
Opuntia monacanthos
Common prickly pear, Drooping prickly pear, Barbary Fig
Ormocarpum cochinchinense
(Lour.) Merr.
Not specified
Oxystelma esculentum
Rosy Milkweed Vine
P
Pamburus missionis
(Wight) Swingle
Wild orange
Pandanus odorifer
Fragrant Screw Pine, Umbrella tree
Pavetta indica
L.
Bride's bush, Indian pavetta, white pavetta
Peltophorum pterocarpum
(DC.) K.Heyne
Copper pod, yellow flamboyant
Pentatropis capensis
Small-Leaf Milkweed, Salt killer vine
Pergularia daemia
Hair knot plant, Stinking Swallowwort, Trellis-vine, Whitlow plant
Phoenix pusilla
Ceylon date palm
Phoenix sylvestris
Indian date palm
Phyllanthus emblica
L.
Amla, emblic myrobalan, Indian gooseberry
Phyllanthus pinnatus
Sand Potato Bush, Mopane Potato Bush
Phyllanthus polyphyllus
Shrub amla
Pithecellobium dulce
(Roxb.) Benth.
Madras thorn, Manilla tamarind
Pleiospermium alatum
(Wight & Arn.) Swingle
Not specified
Pleurostylia opposita
(Wall.) Alston
Not specified
Polyalthia coffeoides
Coffee ashok
Polyalthia korinti
(Dunal) Thwaites
Not specified
Polyalthia suberosa
(Roxb.) Thwaites
Not specified
Pongamia pinnata
(L.) Pierre
Indian beech
Premna corymbosa
Premna serratifolia
L.
Headache tree
Premna tomentosa
Dusky fire-brand teak
Psydrax dicoccos
Gaertn.
Ceylon boxwood
Pterocarpus indicus
Willd.
Narra
Pterocarpus marsupium
Roxb.
Indian Kino tree
Pterocarpus santalinus
L.f.
Red sandalwood
,
red sanders
Pterolobium hexapetalum
Indian Redwing
Pterospermum suberifolium
(L.) Willd.
Cork-leaved bayur
Pterospermum xylocarpum
(Gaertn.) Santapau & Wagh
Not specified
Putranjiva roxburghii
Wall.
Lucky bean tree, wild olive
R
Rauvolfia tetraphylla
L.
Be still tree, devil pepper, wild snake root
Reissantia indica
Mopane paddle-pod
Reutealis trisperma
(Blanco) Airy Shaw
Philippine tung tree, soft lumbang
S
Salacia chinensis
L.
Chinese salacia
Salvadora persica
Toothbrush tree
Samanea saman
(Jacq.) Merr.
Rain tree, saman tree
Santalum album
L.
Sandalwood
Sapindus emarginatus
Vahl
Soap nut tree
Saraca asoca
(Roxb.) Willd.
Ashoka tree, Sita ashok
Schleichera oleosa
Ceylon oak
Scutia myrtina
Cat Thorn
Secamone emetica
Emetic Secamone
Semecarpus anacardium
L.f.
Dhobi nut tree, marking nut tree
Senegalia caesia
Soap bark
Senegalia chundra
(Rottler) Willd.
Cutch tree
Senegalia intsia
Twisted Acacia
Senna auriculata
(L.) Roxb.
Tanner's cassia
Senna siamea
(Lam.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby
Kassod tree, Siam cassia,
Siamese senna
, Yellow cassia
Senna spectabilis
(DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
Archibald's cassia, Calceolaria shower,
Golden shower
,
Spectacular cassia
, White bark senna, Yellow shower
Solanum trilobatum
Red pea eggplant
Soymida febrifuga
Indian redwood
Spathodea campanulata
P.Beauv.
African tulip tree, fountain tree
Spondias pinnata
(L. f.) Kurz
Hog plum, wild mango
Stephanotis volubilis
Green Milkweed Climber, Sneeze Wort
Sterculia foetida
L.
Java olive, wild Indian almond
Sterculia urens
Gum karaya
Stereospermum tetragonum
Trumpet flower, Yellow snake tree
Streblus asper
Lour.
Sandpaper tree, Siamese rough bush
Strobilanthes cordifolia
Heart leaf coneflower
Strychnos minor
Snakewood
Strychnos nux-vomica
L.
Strychnine tree
, Nux vomica tree, Poison nut, Snake Wood, Vomit nut tree, Quaker buttons
Strychnos potatorum
Clearing nut tree
Suregada lanceolata
(Willd.) Kuntze
Not specified
Symphorema involucratum
Pinwheel Creeper
Syzygium caryophyllatum
Dwarf black Plum tree, Indian Blackberry
Syzygium cumini
(L.) Skeels
Black plum, jambolan, Java plum
T
Tabebuia aurea
Benth. & Hook. fil. ex S. Moore
Caribbean trumpet tree
Tabebuia heterophylla
(DC.) Britton
Cuban pink trumpet tree
Tamarindus indica
L.
Tamarind tree
, Indian date
Taprobanea spathulata
Spoon-Leaf Vanda
Tarenna asiatica
(L.) Kuntze ex K.Schum.
Asiatic Tarenna
Terminalia anogeissiana
Axle wood, button tree, ghatti tree
Terminalia arjuna
(Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn.
Arjun Tree
Terminalia bellirica
(Gaertn.) Roxb.
Baheda, Belliric myrobalan, bastard myrobalan,
beach almond
, bedda nut tree
Terminalia catappa
L.
Indian almond
Terminalia chebula
Retz.
Black myrobalan, chebulic myrobalan
Terminalia paniculata
Roth
Kindal tree
Thespesia populnea
(L.) Sol. ex Correa
Indian Tulip Tree, Portia tree
Tiliacora acuminata
Tapering-leaf Tiliacora
Tinospora cordifolia
Heart-leaved moonseed
Tragia involucrata
Bristly climbing nettle
V
Vachellia leucophloea
White bark acacia
Vachellia nilotica
Gum arabic
Vachellia planifrons
Umbrella thorn
Vallaris solanacea
Bread flower
Vanda tessellata
Checkered Vanda
Ventilago maderaspatana
Gaertn.
Red creeper
Vincetoxicum indicum
Indian Ipecac
Vitex altissima
L.f.
Peacock chaste tree
Vitex leucoxylon
White wood chaste tree
Vitex negundo
L.
Five-leaved chaste tree
Volkameria inermis
Seaside clerodendron
W
Walsura trifoliata
(A. Juss.) Harms.
Walsura
Wrightia arborea
Woolly dyeing rosebay
Wrightia tinctoria
R.Br.
Dyers' oleander, Pala indigo, sweet indrajao
X
Ximenia americana
Hog plum
Z
Zanthoxylum asiaticum
Forest pepper, Orange climber
Ziziphus jujuba
Mill.
Jujube
Ziziphus oenopolia
(L.) Mill.
Jackal jujube, wild jujube
Ziziphus xylopyrus
Woody fruit jujube
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