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List of Indian state trees (Union territories) Union territory Common name [3] Binomial name [4] Image Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman redwood: Pterocarpus dalbergioides: Chandigarh: Mango [9] Mangifera indica: Delhi: Flamboyant [10] Delonix regia: Jammu and Kashmir: Chinar [11] Platanus orientalis: Ladakh: Juniper [11] Juniperus ...
Each state and union territory has a unique set of official symbols, usually a state emblem, an animal, a bird, a flower and a tree. A second animal (fish, butterfly, reptile, aquatic animal or heritage animal) sometimes appears, as do fruits and other plants, and there are some state songs and state mottos .
List of Indian state flowers (Union territories) Union territory Common name [3] Binomial name [4] Image Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman Pyinma: Lagerstroemia hypoleuca: Chandigarh: Palash: Butea monosperma [15] Delhi: Alfalfa: Medicago sativa: Jammu and Kashmir: Common rhododendron: Rhododendron ponticum [16] Ladakh: Himalayan blue poppy ...
Lakshadweep (Malayalam: [lɐkʂɐd̪βʷiːbɨ̆]) is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands [ a ] divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north ), and the atoll of Minicoy to the south of the Nine Degree Channel .
The emblem depicts an Ashoka Chakra behind which there is a palm tree which is flanked by two butterflyfish and below is a compartment of ribbons in the colours of the Indian flag. [ 2 ] Government banner
Cycas beddomei is a species of cycad in the genus Cycas, native to India, where it is confined to a small area of Andhra Pradesh state in the Tirumala Hills in scrubland and brush covered hills. Superficially similar to Cycas revoluta , it has erect, solitary stems.
Saussurea obvallata is a perennial growing to 0.3 m (1 ft). The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects. Flowers bloom in mid-monsoon (July–August) amongst the rocks and grasses of the hillside at an altitudinal range of 3700–4600 m.
Both have been proposed as the state flower and state tree respectively by the Ladakh administration. The species is highly valued as a medicinal plant, [ 1 ] and the resulting demand for the plant as medicine has placed pressure on wild populations due to over-collection.