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TREES OF THE CAMPUS

Native wild trees
  • Alangium (Alangium salvifolium)
  • Palmira Palm(Borassus flabellifer)
  • Silver Date Palm (Phoenix sylvestris)
  • Neem (Azaridachta indica)
  • Mango (Mangifera indica)
  • Mast Tree, Madras Ashoka or Debdaru (Polyalthia longifolia)
  • Indian Cork Tree (Millingtonia hortensis)
  • Bullet Wood (Mimusopis elengi)
  • Indian Coral Tree (Erythrina variegata)
  • Tree of Sorrow (Nytanthes arbor-tristis)
  • Jamun (Syzigium cumini)
  • The Indian Gooseberry (Emblica officinalis)
  • Indian Siris, Vaagai (Albizia lebbeck)
  • Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis)
  • Pipal (Ficus religiosa)
  • Strangler Fig Tree (Ficus amplissima)
  • Cluster Fig Tree (Ficus racemosa) located near Durga Temple Atthi (Tamil)
  • Tamarind (Tamarindus indica)
  • The Indian Jujube or Bher (Ziziphus jujuba)
  • Mukkuzhali pazham (Tamil) (Cordia Oblica) located in front of peeliamman koil
  • Wild Lime (Atlantia racemosa)
  • Sand Paper Tree (Kutippala in Tamil) (Strebulus asper
  • Wild Ixora(Ixora pavetta)
  • Child Life Tree or Putranjiva (Putranjiva roxburghii)
  • Sandalwood (Santalum album)
  • Katira Gum Tree (Sterculia urens)
  • Pterospermum (Pterospermum acerifolium)
  • Sita-Asok (Saraka indica, Saraka asoka)
  • Caparis zeylanica
  • Paalai(Wrightia tinctoria))
  • Compratum ovalifolium found near Peeliamman Koil
  • Indian Laburnum,Golden Shower, Amaltas(Cassia fistula) (near GC)
  • Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma)
  • White Bark Acacia, (Acacia leucophloea )
  • Pongam Tree (Pongamia pinnata)
  • Red Sandalwood, Coral-wood, (Adenanthera pavonina)
  • Sickle Bush ( Dichrostachys cinerea )
  • Indian Mulberry, Great morinda ( Morinda citrifolia )
  • Wood Apple ( Limonia acidissima )
  • South Indian Soapnut ( Sapindus trifoliatus )
  • South Indian Mahua ( Madhuca longifolia )
  • Asian Bushbeech, Asiatic beechberry (Gmelina asiatica )
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