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TREES AND VEGETATION SURVEY OF V.J.B. UDYAN (RANI BAGH)
CONDUCTED BY Dr. M.R. ALMEIDA FOR THE BMC IN OCTOBER 2010

TOTAL NUMBER OF TREES: 3213
TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES: 286


LIST OF TREES V.J.B. UDYAN, MUMBAI.

SR. NO:

BOTANICAL NAMES

FAMILY

LOCAL NAMES

Native or Exotic

No. of Trees

1

Acacia auriculiformis A. Cuhn ex Benth.

Mimosaceae

Australian acacia

Australia

6

2

Adansonia digitata L.

Bombacaceae

Baobab tree, Gorakh chinch

Tropical Africa

3

3

Adenanthera pavonia L.

Mimosaceae

Ratangunj

India, Malaya & China

33

4

Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa

Rutaceae

Bel

India

4

5

Agathis robusta (C. Moore ex F. Muell) F. M. Bailey                

Araucariaceae

Kauri pine

Australia

33

6

Alangium salvifolium (L. f.) Wang.

Alangiaceae

Ankol

India, Africa

2

7

Albizzia lebbeck (L.) Willd.

Mimosaceae

Shirish

India, Srilanka, Malaya & China

1

8

Albizzia lucidior (Steud.) Nielson ex Hara

 

 

India

1

9

Alstonia macrophylla Wall. ex G. Don  

Apocynaceae

 

Malaya

1

10

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.            

Apocynaceae

Saptparni

India, Srilanka, China

8

11

Amherstia nobilis Wall.                   

Caesalpiniaceae

Tree of heaven

Tenasserim

3

12

Anacardium occidentale L.            

Anacardiaceae

Cashew, Kaju

Trop. America

3

13

Annona glabra L.              

Annonaceae

Mam phal

 

2

14

Annona reticulata L.

Annonaceae

Ramphal

West Indies

7

15

Annona squamosa L.

Annonaceae

Sitaphal

West Indies

5

16

Anogeissus pendula Edgew                     

Combretaceae

 

India

1

17

Aphanamyxis polystachya (Wall.) Parker

Meliaceae

Rohitak

India, Srilanka & Malaya

7

18

Araucaria columanaris (Forsk.) Hook.

Araucariaceae

 

 

1

19

Araucaria excelsa (D. Don) R. Br.   [A. heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco]

Araucariaceae

Christmas tree

 

20

20

Areca catechu L.                                   

Arecaceae

Supari

Malaysia

81

21

Artabotrys hexapetalus (L. f.) Bhandari

Annonaceae

 

 

2

22

Artocarpus heterophylla Lamk.              

Moraceae

Phanas

India

72

23

Artocarpus incisa Thunb.                       

Moraceae

 

New Guinea & Micronasia

15

24

Atalantia acidissima (L.) Almeida & S. Yadav.

Rutaceae

Nataknar

India, Srilanka

2

25

Attaleya speciosa Mart.                                    

Arecaceae

 

 

2

26

Averrhoa bilimbi L.

Averrhoeaceae

Bimli

Molucca

1

27

Averrhoea carambola L.

Averrhoeaceae

 

Molucca

3

28

Azadirachta indica A. Juss.

Meliaceae

Kadu Neem

India

17

29

Bambusa nutans Wall. Ex Munro

Poaceae

 

 

2

30

Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.     

Lecythedaceae

Tivar

India, Srilanka, N.Australia

43

31

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Roxb.        

Lecythedaceae

Samundra phal

Andaman, Manmar, Phillipens, New Guinea

6

32

Bauhinia purpurea L.                    

Caesalpiniaceae

Kanchan

 

1

33

Bauhinia racemosa Lamk.

Caesalpiniaceae

Apta

India, Sri-lanka, Malaya & China

1

34

Bauhinia variegata L.                 

Caesalpiniaceae

Kanchan

India, Srilanka

4

35

Borassus flabellifer L.                     

Arecaceae

Tad

India, Srilanka, Myanmar

14

36

Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.

Nyctaginaceae

Boganvel

Brazil

5

37

Brownea coccinea  Jacq.                        

Caesalpiniaceae

Brownea

Jamaica, Venezuela

11

38

Brownea grandiceps Jacq.                        

 

 

 

1

39

Butea monosperma (Lamk.) Taub.

Fabaceae

Palas, Flame of the forest

India, Srilanka, Malaya

1

40

Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd.

Caesalpiniaceae

Divi-divi

W. Indies & C. America

7

41

Caesalpinia ferrea Mart.

Caesalpiniaceae

 

Brazil

2

42

Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.              

Caesalpiniaceae

Sankhasur

S. America

9

43

Calliandra hematocephala Hassk.

Mimosaceae

 

 

1

44

Calliandra surinamensis Benth.

Mimosaceae

Powder puff

Surinam 

6

45

Callistemon citratus (Curtis) Skeels (syn. C. lanceolatus Sw.)

Myrtaceae

Bottle brush

Australia

12

46

Calophyllum inophyllum L.

Clusiaceae

Undi

India, Srilanka & Malaya

4

47

Canarium vulgare Leech.

Burseraceae

 

 

2

48

Carissa congesta Wt.

Apocynaceae

Karvanda

 India

1

49

Caryota mitis Lour.                                 

Arecaceae

Fish tail palm

Malaya, Cochinchina

1

50

Caryota urens L.                                         

Arecaceae

Bherli mad

India

63

51

Cassia fistula L.                                           

Caesalpiniaceae

Bahava

India, Srilanka, Malaysia

5

52

Cassia fistula X javanica            

Caesalpiniaceae

 

 

2

53

Cassia grandis L. f.              

Caesalpiniaceae

 

 

3

54

Cassia javanica L.                                        

Caesalpiniaceae

Pink cassia

Java 

1

55

Cassia renigera Benth.                                    

Caesalpiniaceae

Pink cassia

Myanmar

6

56

Cassia siamea Lamk.

Caesalpiniaceae

Kashid

India, Myanmar, Siam

8

57

Cassine orientale (Jacq.) Kuntze

Celastraceae

Bhutkesh

 

3

58

Castanospermum australe A. Cuhn.               

Caesalpiniaceae

Australian chestnut

Sub.Trop. Australia

1

59

Casuarina littoralis L. (syn. C. equisetifolia Forst. & Forst.)

Casuarinaceae

Suru

Australia, Pacific Island, Malaya

44

60

Catha edulis Forsk.

Celastraceae

Khat, Kalta

 

2

61

Cederela odorata L.

MELIACEAE

 

 

1

62

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

Bombacaceae

Kapok, Pandhra savar

Andaman, Srilanka, Malaya

3

63

Chorisia ventricosa Nees & Mart.

Bombacaceae

 

 

1

64

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (Bory) Wendl.     

Arecaceae

Ornamental palm

Malagasy

60

65

Chrysalidocarpus madagascarensis Becc.

Arecaceae

 

 

4

67

Chrysophyllum acuminatum Roxb.

Sapotaceae

 

 

1

66

Chrysophyllum cainito L.                                

Sapotaceae

Star apple

Panama, West Indies

10

68

Cicca acida (L.) Merill

Euphorbiaceae

Rai-avla

Malaya & Malagasi

8

69

Cinnamomum iners Rein. ex Blume    (as C. tamala T. Nees & Eberm)

Lauraceae

Tamal-patra

India

2

70

Citrus aurantifolia (Chriat.) Swingle

Rutaceae

 

 

2

71

Citrus grandis Osbeck.

Rutaceae

Toranjan

 

2

72

Clusia rosea Jacq.

Clusiaceae

 

Dominigo islands

1

73

Coccoloba uvifera L.

Polygonaceae

 

Trop. America

1

74

Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston.

Cochlospermaceae

Pivali semul

 

1

75

Cocos nucifera L.                                              

Arecaceae

Mad, Naral

Malaya, Polynesia

198

76

Codiaeium variegatum L.

 

 

 

1

77

Coffea arabica L.

 

 

 

1

78

Coffea canephora Pierre ex Fahner

Rubiaceae

Coffee

Arabia

1

79

Colvillea racemosa Boj.

Caesalpiniaceae

Colville's Glory

Malagasy

3

80

Cordia dichotoma Forst. f. (C. myxa auct.)       

Ehretiaceae

Bhokar

India

2

81

Cordia sebestena L.                                            

Ehretiaceae

Sebestan

Peru, Cuba

3

82

Cordia sinensis Lamk.

Ehretiaceae

 

 

6

83

Cordia sub-cordata Lamk.                                          

Ehretiaceae

 

Andaman, Myanmar

9

84

Cordyline terminalis Kuntze

Liliaceae

 

 

1

85

Corypha umbraculifera L.

Arecaceae

 

India

1

86

Couroupta guianensis Aubl.                               

Lecythidaceae

Kailashpati

S. America

17

87

Crataeva tapia L.

Capparidaceae

Vaivarna

India

4

88

Crescentia alata H.B.K.

Bignoniaceae

 

Mexico

3

89

Crescentia cujute L.                                               

Bignoniaceae

 

Cuba

1

90

Croton tiglium L. 

Euphorbiaceae

Jamalgota

India

1

91

Cycas circinalis L.                                                

Cycadaceae

Cycus

 

1

92

Cycas revoluta Thunb.                                        

Cycadaceae

Cycus

Japan, China & Taiwan

5

93

Cycas rumphi Miq.

Cycadaceae

 

 

1

94

Dalbergia lanceolaria L. f.

Fabaceae

Dandoos

India, Srilanka

3

95

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.

Fabaceae

Sisam

India

2

96

Dalbergia monosperma Dalz.

Fabaceae

 

 India

1

97

Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC.                         

Fabaceae

Sisvi

India

1

98

Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf.                                  

Caesalpiniaceae

Gulmohar

Madagascar

77

99

Dendrocalamus giganteum Munro

Poaceae

Giant Bamboo

India, Myanmar, Malaya

1

100

Dendrocalamus strictus Nees

Poaceae

Bamboo

India 

1

101

Dillenia indica L.

Dilleniaceae

Karmal

India

3

102

Dillenia suffruticosa (Griff.) Hook. f. & Thoms.

Dillenicaeae

 

 

10

103

Diospyros malabarica (Desf.) Kostel

Ebenaceae

Ebenum tree

 

15

104

Diospyros philippensis (Desf.ex Lamk. ) Almeida

Ebenaceae

 

 

2

105

Diospyros cordifolia Roxb.

Ebenaceae

 

 

1

106

Drypetes roxburghii (Wall.) Hurusawa (syn. Putranjiva roxburghii Wall.)

Euphorbiaceae

Putranjiva

India, Myanmar

117

107

Elaias guineensis Jacq.                                          

Arecaceae

Oil palm

Trop. Africa

9

108

Entrolobium cyclocarpa Garten.

Mimosaceae

 

 

3

109

Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill

Apocynaceae

 

 

5

110

Erythrina stricta Roxb.

Fabaceae

Panghara

India

1

111

Erythrina suberosa Roxb.

 

 

 

1

112

Erythrina variegata L.    (syn. E. indica  Lamk.)    

Fabaceae

Panghara

India

1

113

Eucalyptus globulus Labill.                                 

Myrtaceae

Nilgiri

Australia

8

114

Eugenia uniflora L.

Myrtaceae

 

 

1

115

Euphorbia antiquorum L.

Euphorbiaceae

 

 

4

116

Euphorbia grandicornis Goebel

Euphorbiaceae

 

 

4

117

Fernandoa adenophylla (G.Don) Steenis

Bignoniaceae

 

India, Myanmar

10

118

Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle

Rutaceae

Kavat

 India

2

119

Ficus amplissima Smith

Moraceae

 

 India

10

120

Ficus benghalensis  L.                                           

Moraceae

Vad

India

29

121

Ficus benghalensis L. var. krishnae Almeida                                                             

Moraceae

Krishna Vad

India

1

122

Ficus benjamina L.              

Moraceae

 

India

12

123

Ficus drupacea Thunb. var. mysorensis Almeida [syn.F. mysorensis Heyne ex Roth]

Moraceae

Bhurali Vad

India

3

124

Ficus elastica L.                                                    

Moraceae

Indian Rubber tree

Assam & Burma

5

125

Ficus hispida L. f.                                                   

Moraceae

Kala-Umbar

India

52

126

Ficus microcarpa Linn.f.

Moraceae

Nandruk

India, Myanmar & Archipelago

1

127

Ficus nemoralis Wall. ex Miq.

Moraceae

 

 

1

128

Ficus racemosa L. (syn. F. glomerata Roxb.)             

Moraceae

Umbar

Indomalaya, Asia

27

129

Ficus religiosa L.                                                        

Moraceae

Pimpal

India

57

130

Ficus rubiginosa Desf.

Moraceae

 

 

1

131

Ficus virens Dryand

Moraceae

Pipri

India

2

132

Filicium decipiens (W. & A.) Thw.                              

Sapindaceae

Fern tree

India & Srilanka

3

133

Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) Br.

Sterculiaceae

Khaushi

India

1

134

Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.) Almeida

Clusiaceae

 

India, Myanmar & malaya

4

135

Garcinia livigstonii T. Anders.

Clusiaceae

 

 

3

136

Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Rubiaceae

Dikemali

 

1

137

Gardenia resinifera Roth.

Rubiaceae

 

India & Myanmar

1

138

Garuga pinnata Roxb.

Burseraceae

Kakad

India, Malaya & Philippiens, India

6

139

Gliricidia  sepium (Jacq.) Walper (syn. G. maculata H.B.K.)          

Fabaceae

Undirmar

Australia

20

140

Gmelina arborea Roxb.                                                

Verbenaceae

Shivan

India,Myanmar

13

141

Gmelina philippensis Cham.

Verbenaceae

 

Philippines 

2

142

Grevillea robusta R. Br. ex Knight                               

Proteaceae

Silver oak tree

Australia

5

143

Guaiacum officinale L.

Bignoniaceae

Lignum-vitae

West Indies

25

144

Guazuma ulmifolia Lamk.    

Sterculiaceae

Bhadraksha

Trop. America

10

145

Gustavia augusta L.                                       

Lecythidaceae

Gustavia

Trop.  & S. America

3

146

Haldinia cordifolia (Roxb.) Ridsdale   (syn. Adina cordifolia Roxb.)    

Rubiaceae

Haldu

India & Srilanka

4

147

Heritiera littoralis Dryand.

Sterculiaceae

Sundri

Asia

1

148

Heterophragma quadrilocularis (Roxb.) K. Schum.

Bignoniaceae

Waras

India

6

149

Holoptelea integrifolia Planch   

Ulmaceae

Vawla

Trop. Africa, India, Malaya

10

150

Hydnocarpus pentandrus (Buch.-Ham.) Oken

Flacourtiaceae

Kadu-kavat

India 

3

151

Hymenodictyon orixensis (Roxb.) Mabb.                        

Rubiaceae

 

India

2

152

Ixora bracheata Roxb.

Rubiaceae

 Malva

India

4

153

Ixora parviflora Lamk.                                                              

Rubiaceae

 

India

3

154

Jacaranda mimosaefolia D. Don (syn.J.ovalifolia R. Br.)

Bignoniaceae

Nilmohar

Argentina

1

155

Jaquinia aristata Jacq.                                                   

Theophrastaceae

 

West Indies

1

156

Jatropha curcas L.                                                            

Euphorbiaceae

Mogli-erand

Tropics

3

157

Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss.

Meliaceae

Khaya

Africa

3

158

Kigelia africana (Lamk.) Benth.    [syn. K. pinnata (Jacq.) DC.                

Bignoniaceae

Sausage tree

Mozambique

2

159

Kleinhovia hospita L.

Sterculiaceae

Guest tree

Malaya, Archipelago

9

160

Kopsia fruticosa (Ker.) DC.

Apocynaceae

 

 

1

161

Lagerstroemia indica L.

Lythraceae

 

China

4

162

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.  

Lythraceae

Jarul, Taman

India, Myanmar, Guinea

33

163

Lagerstroemia thorelli Gagnep.

Lythraceae

 

India, Myanmar, Guinea

29

164

Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merrill

Anacardiaceae

Shemat

India, Sri-lanka

7

165

Leucaena leucocephala (Lamk.) de Willde

Mimosaceae

Subabhul

Trop. America

39

166

Litsea fernandesii Almeida

Lauraceae

 Mumbai Sugran

Bombay 

1

167

Litsea involucrata (Retz.) Almeida  (L. sebifera Juss.)

Lauraceae

Sugaran

India, Srilanka, China

14

168

Livistona chinensis R. Br.                                                

Arecaceae

Chinese fan-palm

China

17

169

Livistona rotundifolia Mart.

Arecaceae

Fan palm

 

3

170

Lonchocarpus sericeus (Poir) DC.

Fabaceae

 

S. America