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Thespesia populnea, commonly known as the portia tree (/ ˈ p ɔːr ʃ ə /), [4] Pacific rosewood, [5] Indian tulip tree, or milo, [6] among other names, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the mallow family, Malvaceae.
Moderately hard, teak is durable and fire-resistant. It can be easily seasoned and worked. It takes up a good polish and is not attacked by white ants and dry rot. It does not corrode iron fastenings and it shrinks little. It is among the most valuable timber trees of the world and its use is limited to superior work only. Toon, Red Cedar [20]
Hanasaka Jiisan (花咲か爺さん), also called Hanasaka Jijii (花咲か爺), is a Japanese folk tale.. Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford collected it in Tales of Old Japan (1871), as "The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Blossom". [1]
The Trees and the Bramble is a composite title which covers a number of fables of similar tendency, ultimately deriving from a Western Asian literary tradition of debate poems between two contenders. [1] Other related plant fables include The Oak and the Reed and The Fir and the Bramble.
Genetic analysis of the most famous Chinese population, on Tianmu Mountain, containing trees estimated to be nearly 1000 years old, supports the hypothesis that the population originates from an introduction. [6] Outside of its native range, Cryptomeria was also introduced to the Azores in the mid 19th century for wood production. It is ...
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 ...
Careya arborea is a species of tree in the Lecythidaceae family, native to the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Indochina. [3] Its common English names include wild guava, Ceylon oak, patana oak. [4]
Cinnamomum tamala, Indian bay leaf, also known as tejpat, [3] tejapatta, Malabar leaf, Indian bark, [3] Indian cassia, [3] or malabathrum, is a tree in the family Lauraceae that is native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. [3]