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India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. [1] All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government.
The sal tree is known also as sakhua in northern India, including Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand. [8] [9] It is the state tree of two Indian states – Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. [10] [circular reference]
Odisha is the vast state of plants and animals. Odisha's forests yield large quantities of teak and bamboo. Teak, apart from medicinal plants and Kendu leaves contribute substantially towards Odisha's economy. Odisha's forest ecosystem has been greatly affected by deforestation and illegal smuggling and poaching.
The economy of Odisha is the 15th-largest state economy in India with ₹ 5.86 trillion (US$68 billion) in gross domestic product and a per capita GDP of ₹ 127,383 (US$1,500). [8] Odisha ranks 32nd among Indian states in Human Development Index. [29]
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 .
Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent [2] and Indochina [3] that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family.It is also known as the bodhi tree, [4] bo tree, peepul tree, [2] peepal tree, pipala tree or ashvattha tree (in India and Nepal). [5]
This list compiles many of the common large shrubs and trees found in Canada. The Canadian flora is depauperate because of the near total glaciation event in the Pleistocene. Due to the vast area of Canada, a tree that is common in one area may be completely absent in another.
Odisha is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Odisha cleistantha , endemic to the State of Odisha (Orissa) in India . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is also detected as a threatened orchid of the Chota Nagpur Plateau .