for knowing the trees & plants used for landscape in india

2. A project by..
• Asmaniwala Deval -002
• Bhalala Arohi – 003
• Gajjar Dinal – 008
• Gandhi Isha – 009
• Gheewala Jahnvi – 010
• KelawalaVishwa – 014
• LadYashwani – 016
• Modi Pooja – 019

3. Introduction
• Landscaping : Improve the aesthetic appearance of a piece of land by changing its
contours, adding ornamental features and plantings.The process of combining a
design in relation to the scenic environment.

4. Needs
• It enhances property values.
• Proper placement of shade trees and evergreen reduces cooling costs.
• One tree removes 26 pounds of carbon dioxide from the air every-year and
releases about 13 pounds of oxygen-enough for a family offer on a daily basis.
• Plants control runoff and erosion.
• Plants reduce noise pollution up to 50 percent.
• Plants creates green space for human rest & recreation.

5. Types of plantations
1. Plants & shrubs
2. Trees
3. Creepers

7. Common name: rose
Botanical name: Hibiscus rosa-
sinensis
Height: 2.5–5 ft
Diameter: 1.5–3 ft
Use: gardens, residential landscape
Climate: hot and humid
Common name: lotus
Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera
Height: about 150 cm
Diameter: 60 cm
Use: gardens, residential landscape, landscapes
of water bodies
Climate: hot and humid

8. Common name: Bougainvillea
Botanical name: Bougainvillea glabra
Height: 3.0–3.7 ft, occasionally 9ft.
Use: gardens, residential landscape.
Climate: hot and humid
Common name: orchid
Botanical name:Orchidaceae
Height: up to 2.5m
Use: gardens and for all types of landscapes
Climate: hot and humid

9. Common name: Jasmine
Botanical name: Jasminum Officinale
Height: 2.5 to 6m
Use: gardens and tropical landscape
Climate: cool & dry and hot & humid also.
Common name: desert sage
Botanical name: Salvia dorrii
Height: about 1 to 1.5m
Use: deserts and salination areas
Climate: very hot and dry

10. Common name: Dypsis lutescens
Botanical name:Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
green
Height: 20-30 cm
Use: gardens and tropical landscape
Climate: medium hot
Common name: Furcraea
Botanical name: Furcraea gigantia 'medio
picta'
Height: 120-150 cm
Use: gardens and tropical landscape
Climate: medium hot

11. Common name: Japanese sago
Botanical name: cycas revoluta
Height: 30-50 cm
Use: gardens and tropical landscape
Climate: late spring
Common name: peony
Botanical name: paeonia suffruticosa
Height: 180-300 cm
Use: gardens and tropical landscape
Climate: medium hot

12. Common
name
Rose Lotus Bougainvillea Orchid
Botanical
name
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Nelumbo nucifera Bougainvillea glabra Orchidaceae
Plant
climate hot and humid Climate: hot and humid hot and humid hot and humid
Use gardens, residential
landscape
gardens, residential
landscape, landscapes of
water bodies
gardens, residential
landscape.
gardens and for all types of
landscapes
Height 2.5–5 ft about 150 cm 3.0–3.7 ft, occasionally
9ft.
up to 2.5m

13. Common
name
Jasmine Desert sage Dypsis lutescens Furcraea
Botanical
name
Jasminum Officinale Salvia dorrii Chrysalidocarpus
lutescens green
Furcraea gigantia 'medio
picta'
Plant
climate cool & dry and hot &
humid also.
very hot and dry medium hot medium hot
Use gardens and tropical
landscape
deserts and salination
areas
gardens and tropical
landscape
gardens and tropical
landscape
Height 2.5 to 6m about 1 to 1.5m 20-30 cm 120-150 cm

14. Common name Japanese sago peony
Botanical name cycas revoluta paeonia suffruticosa
Plant
climate late spring medium hot
Use gardens and tropical landscape gardens and tropical landscape
Height 30-50 cm 180-300 cm

16. Common name:Tamarind
Botanical name:Tamarindus indica
Height: 24-30m
Diameter: 7.5m
Use: street avenues
Climate: hot and humid
Common name: mahogany
Botanical name: Swietenia mahagoni
Height: up to 22.5 m
Diameter: 9.1m
Use: coastal landscape
Climate: moist and tropical

17. Common name: jarul
Botanical name: logerstraemia
speciasa
Height: up to 20 m
Use: tropical landscape
Climate: moist and tropical
Common name: silver oak
Botanical name: grevillea robusta
Height: up to 20 m
Use: for shady avenues
Climate: hot sun

18. Common name: malabar chestnut
Botanical name: pachira saithifolia
Height: up to 18 m
Use: as ornamental tree
Climate: adapts all conditions
Common name: rubber tree
Botanical name: hevea
brasiliensis
Height: up to 30 m
Use: ornamental tree
Climate: heavy rain

19. Common name: Royal palm
Botanical name: Roystonea
Height: up to 30m
Use: resorts and coastal landscape and boundaries
Climate: hot and humid
Common name: Mango
Botanical name: Mangifera indica
Height: up to 19m
Diameter: 5.5 to 7.5m
Climate: hot and humid

20. Common name:Golden apple
Botanical name: Spondias cytherea
Height: 12 to 15m
Diameter: up to 6m
Climate: hot
Common name:Cordia
Botanical name:Cordia sebestena
Height: up to 7.5m
Diameter: up to 6m
Use: parking, coastal landscapes
Climate: hot and humid

21. Common
name
mahogany Tamarind Jarul Silver oak
Botanical
name
Swietenia mahagoni Tamarindus indica Logerstraemia speciasa Grevillea robusta
Tree
climate moist and tropical hot and humid moist and tropical hot sun
Use coastal landscape street avenues tropical landscape for shady avenues
Height up to 22.5 m 24-30m up to 20 m up to 20 m
diameter 9.1 m 7.5m - -

22. Common
name
Malabar chestnut Rubber tree Royal palm Mango
Botanical
name
Pachira saithifolia Hevea brasiliensis Roystonea Mangifera indica
Tree
climate adapts all conditions heavy rain hot and humid hot and humid
Use as ornamental tree as ornamental tree resorts and coastal
landscape and boundaries
-
Height up to 18 m up to 30 m up to 30m up to 19m
diameter - - - 5.5 to 7.5m

23. Common name Golden apple Cordia
Botanical name Spondias cytherea Cordia sebestena
Tree
climate hot hot and humid
Use - parking, coastal landscapes
Height 12 to 15m up to 7.5m
diameter up to 6m up to 6m

24. Creepers
Defination: any plant that grows along the ground, around another
plant, or up a wall by means of extending stems or branches.
They are used for ornamented entrances, shady roofs, green walls,
gardens, arched gateways, etc.

25. Common name: elephant creeper
Botanical name: Argyreia nervosa
Height: about 7cm
Use: gardens
Climate: hot and humid
Common name: curtain creeper
Botanical name:Vernonia elaeagnifolia
Height: about 1.2 to 1.8m
Use: gardens
Climate: hot and humid

26. Common name: garlic creeper
Botanical name: Mansoa alliacea
Height: about 2-3m
Use: gardens
Climate: hot and humid
Common name: grape creeper
Botanical name:Combretum indicum
Height: about 2.5-8m
Use: gardens
Climate: hot and humid

27. Common name: Helmet Pepper
Botanical name: Piper galeatum
Height: 7.5 – 12.5 cm
Climate: hot and humid
Common name:Aerial yam, Air potato, Air
yam
Botanical name: Dioscorea bulbifera
Length: 50 – 100 cm
Height: up to 6 cm
Climate: hot and humid

28. Common name elephant creeper curtain creeper garlic creeper
Botanical name Argyreia nervosa Vernonia elaeagnifolia Mansoa alliacea
Creeper
climate hot and humid hot and humid hot and humid
Use gardens gardens gardens
Height about 7cm about 1.2 to 1.8m about 2-3cm

29. Common name grape creeper Helmet Pepper Aerial yam, Air potato, Air yam
Botanical name Combretum indicum Piper galeatum Dioscorea bulbifera
Creeper
climate hot and humid hot and humid hot and humid
Use gardens - -
Height about 2.5-8cm 7.5 – 12.5 cm up to 6 cm