Showing posts with label Flowers. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Important Trees, Plants, Flowers


Important Trees, Plants, Flowers,
Anodyne
            Herbs,  which relieves pain.
Ash     
Any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber tree  with silver grey bark  and strong  wood , blue  ash mountain ash and prickly  ash is not true ash.
used for furniture , tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats.
Bamboo
             A Woody   warm & tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used in building material ,furniture, utensils ,paper  and flutes are also made from it.
Camphor (natural)
A resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment.
Native to China, Japan, & Taiwan .
Carnation
 Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers;  it cultivated in many varieties and many colours.
It is a Garden plant of Europe.
Chrysanthemum
                      National flower of  Japan .it may be  grown by seed and  are more usually reproduce by cutting. numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly coloured flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum; widely cultivated.
Cinchona
Medicinal bark of cinchona  shrubs  trees; source of quinine  it was found  in India, Sri lanka and Philippines.
Cinquefoil                    
Genus of plants, belonging to rose family, An ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties.
Coca   
Cocaine shrub It  leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine
In Bolivia and peru
Cocoa
A beverage & foods   made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot.
Coconut
Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
Native to India, Bangladesh,  srilanka & an others  south Asian  countries.
Its fruits eaten and it is also used face cream. The leaves are woven in mats ,baskets & rope etc .
Date
            Genus of palm, Sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed.          Its fruits eaten
Native to north Africa south west Asia,  parts of India & Pakistan .
Eucalyptus
Wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber . native to Australia  soap, medicine made from its leaves .
Gooseberry
It  shrub plant  having greenish purple-tinged flowers and  fruits are generally globular . Used in jams & jellies.
Jasmine
Any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Belong the oleaceae family. National floral symbol  of Pakistan.  Chiefly  native to Iran, India, Pakistan, China & Europe.
Jute
Annual tropical  plant grown for  fiber used in making rope & sacks.
Mahogany
Any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
Wood is used for making furniture it is native to West India  and USA .
 Myrrh
 Name of small thorny tree,  Aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in    perfume.
Pine
A tree  native to India and China.
Sultana
Pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine, grown in Turkey.
Sandal wood
Name of several  fragrant  tropical yellowish heartwood .  sandal wood is made various wares ;  used for carving , cabinetwork and oil perfumery . 
Teak
Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees;  resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture , in ship building and agricultural implement.