Puncture Vine (Gokhru / Gokshura)
Tribulus terrestris
Prostrate creeping trailing annual or biennial herb; silky hirsute pinnate leaves with ...
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Purple Yam (Ratalu / Pindalu)
Dioscorea alata
Vigorous climbing twining herbaceous vine with winged quadrangular stems; opposite larg...
Red Sandalwood (Raktachandan / Raktachandana)
Pterocarpus santalinus
Small-to-medium deciduous tree with deeply furrowed black bark; trifoliate alternate le...
Red Silk Cotton (Semal / Shalmali)
Bombax ceiba
Massive deciduous tree with spiny young trunk and buttressed base; digitate 5-7 foliola...
Rosary Pea (Jequirity Bean / Gunja)
Abrus precatorius
Slender woody twining climber; alternate pinnate leaves with 10-14 pairs of oblong leaf...
Sacred Fig (Peepal / Ashwattha)
Ficus religiosa
Large sacred deciduous epiphytic tree; broad ovate-cordate leaves with elongated slende...
Sacred Lotus (Kamal / Padma)
Nelumbo nucifera
Sacred aquatic rhizomatous perennial herb; large orbicular glaucous water-repellent lea...
Sage-leaved Alangium (Ankol / Ankotha)
Alangium salviifolium
Small spiny deciduous tree with grey bark; alternate simple elliptic leaves, axillary c...
Sal Tree (Sarai / Shala)
Shorea robusta
Large majestic straight-trunked deciduous tree; ovate-oblong leathery leaves, and dense...
Sandpaper Tree (Sihora / Shakhotaka)
Streblus asper
Small-to-medium rigid evergreen tree with whitish bark and watery sap; alternate obovat...