TREES AND SHRUBS
Tree
/ Shrub |
Common
Name |
Family
Name |
Origin |
Abies species |
Fir Tree |
Coniferene |
North-east Asia |
Abutilon megapotamicum |
Chinese Lantern or Chinese
Bellflower |
Malvaceae |
Brazil |
Abutilon variegatum |
Chinese Lantern or Chinese
Bellflower |
Malvaceae |
Brazil |
Acer caudatum |
Fir-Fire |
Aceraceae |
Himalayas |
Acer negundo |
Box Elder |
Aceraceae |
North America |
Acer oblongum |
Maple |
Aceraceae |
Nepal |
Aesculus punduana |
Horse chest nut |
Sapindaceae |
Sikkim |
Agathis rubusta |
Queensland Kauri pine |
Coniferene |
Queensland |
Albizzia julibrissin |
Silk tree |
Luguminoseae |
Asia |
Alnus nepalensis |
Alder |
Betulaceae |
Nepal |
Alsophila australis |
Tree fern |
Cyatheaceae |
Australia |
Alsophila crinita |
Tree fern |
Cyatheaceae |
Nilgiris & Ceylon |
Aralia papyrifera |
Rice paper plant |
Araliaceae |
China |
Araucaria bidwillii |
Monkey puzzle |
Caprifoliaceae |
Australia |
Araucaria cookii |
Cook's Araucaria |
Conifereae |
Norfolk Island |
Araucaria cunninghammi |
Moreton Baypine |
Conifereae |
Australia |
Araucaria excelsa |
Norfolk Island pine |
Conifereae |
Norfoik Island |
Aracauria rulei |
Rule Aracauria |
Conifereae |
China |
Arbutus rollisonii |
Madrone |
Ericaceae |
America |
Arbutus unedo |
Tree strawberry |
Ericaceae |
South Europe |
Artemisia parviflora |
Parviflora |
Compositae |
India and Burma |
Artemisia vulgaris |
Mugwort or Common Wormwood |
Compositae |
Britain |
Aucuba japonica |
Gold dust tree or
spotted laurel |
Cornaceae |
Japan |
Azalea indica (Many varieties) |
False honey suckle |
Ericaceae |
China |
Bambusa nana |
Hedge Bamboo |
Gramineae |
India |
Banksia marginata |
Silver Banksia |
Proteaceae |
Australia |
Berberis tinctoria |
Nilgiri Barberry |
Berberidaceae |
Bhutan |
Berberis vulgaris |
Common Berberry |
Berberidaceae |
Himalayas |
Biota compacta |
Arbor Vitae |
Coniferae |
China |
Biota orientalis |
Chinese arborvitae |
Coniferae |
China & Japan |
Bucklandia populnea |
Hill Populus |
Hamamelideae |
Himalayas |
Buddleia sp. |
Loganiaceae |
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Buxus sempervirens |
Box tree |
Buxaceae |
Europe |
Calliandra brevipes |
Pink Powderpuff |
Luguminoseae |
Brazil |
Callicoma serratifolia |
Black Wattle |
Sexifragaceae |
Australia |
Callistemon cirtinus |
Bottle brush |
Myrtaceae |
California |
Callistemon lanceolatus |
Bottle brush |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Callistemon rigidus |
Stiff bottle brush |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Camellia japanica |
Japanese rose |
Ternstroemiaceae |
Japan |
Camellia sasanqua |
Sasanqua Camellia |
Ternstroemiaceae |
China |
Camellia thea |
Tea plant |
Ternstroemiaceae |
China |
Carica candamarcensis |
Hill papaya |
Papayaceae |
Nilgiris |
Cassia tomentosa |
Smooth senna |
Leguminaceae |
West Indies |
Casuarina montana |
Beefwood |
Casuarinaceae |
Malaya |
Cedrus deodara |
Himalayan cedar |
Pinaceae |
Malaya |
Celtis serotina |
Hockberry Nettle tree |
Ulmaceae |
Malaya |
Cestrum aurantiacum |
Queen of The Nilgiris |
Solanaceae |
Guatemala |
Cestrum elegans |
Red Cestrum |
Solanaceae |
Mexico |
Chaemerops fortuneii |
China Fan palm |
Palmaceae |
Japan |
Choisya ternata |
Mexican orange flowers |
Rutaceae |
Mexico |
Cinchona officinalis |
Quinine Tree |
Rubiaceae |
Equador |
Cinnamomum camphora |
Camphor tree |
Lauraceae |
China |
Cinnamomum zeylanicum |
Cinnamon tree |
Lauraceae |
Burma |
Clerodendron ugandense |
Glory bower |
Verbanaceae |
Himalayas |
Clethra arborea |
White Alder |
Clethraceae |
Madeira |
Colletia ferox |
The anchor plant |
Rhamnaceae |
Chile |
Coprosma baueri var. variegata |
White Coprosma |
Rubiaceae |
New Zealand |
Coprosma lucida |
Karamu |
Rubiaceae |
New Zealand |
Cordyline australis |
Club palm |
Liliaceae |
New Zealand |
Corynocarpus laevigata |
New Zealand laurel |
Anacardiaceae |
New Zealand |
Cotoneaster bacillaris |
Rose box |
Rosaceae |
Himalayas |
Cotoneaster buxifolia |
Rock spray |
Rosaceae |
Nilgiris |
Cotoneaster frigida |
Frigida Wallich |
Rosaceae |
Nilgiris |
Crotolaria agatiflora |
Rattle Box |
Leguminaceae |
East Africa |
Cryptomeria japonica |
Japan cedar |
Pinaceae |
Japan |
Cupressus funebris |
Weeping Cypress |
Pinaceae |
North-east China |
Cupressus glauca |
Cedar of Goa |
Pinaceae |
East India |
Cupressus lawsoniana |
White Cedar |
Pinaceae |
California |
Cupressus macrocarpa |
Moneterey Cypress |
Pinaceae |
California |
Cupressus obtusa var. gracilis |
Pencil Cypress |
Pinaceae |
California |
Cupressus sempervirens |
Italian Cypress |
Pinaceae |
Europe |
Cupressus torulosa |
Bhutan Cypress |
Pinaceae |
Himalayas |
Cystisus scoparius |
Yellow scotch broom |
Leguminaceae |
Europe |
Cystisus s.var alba |
White broom |
Leguminaceae |
North America |
Dahlia variabilis |
Tree Dahlia |
Compositae |
North America |
Datura arborea |
Angel's trumpet |
Solanaceae |
Peru |
Datura sanguinea |
Thorn apple |
Solanaceae |
Peru |
Dodonaea viscosa |
Hopbush |
Sapindaceae |
Australia |
Dombeya natalensis |
Dombeya |
Sterculiaceae |
South California |
Dombeya spectabilis |
Wedding Bells |
Sterculiaceae |
South Africa |
Doryanthus excelsa |
Spear lily |
Amaryllideae |
Australia |
Duranta plumeri |
Golden dew drop |
Verbanaceae |
America |
Elaeagnus latifolia |
Bastard Oleaster |
Elaeagnaceae |
Himalayas |
Elaeocarpus ganitrus |
Bead Tree or Rudraksh |
Elaeocarpaceae |
India |
Elaeocarpus oblongus |
Nilgiri Mock Olive or Bikkimaram |
Tiliaceae |
Nilgiris |
Erythrina cristagalli |
Coral tree |
Leguminaceae |
Brazil |
Escallonia floribunda |
Wreath Flower |
Saxifragaceae |
New Granada |
Eucalyptus citriodora |
Lemon scented gum |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Eucalyptus ficifolia |
Crimson coloured flowering gum |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Eucalyptus globulus |
Blue gum |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Eucalyptus longifolia |
Woolly bult |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Eucalyptus maculata |
Spotted Gum |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Eucalyptus pulverulenta |
Silver-leaved Mountain
gum |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Eugenia apiculata |
Shortleaf Stopper |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Eugenia arnottiana |
Umbrella tree of Ooty |
Myrtaceae |
Nilgiris |
Eugenia montana |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
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Eugenia smithii |
Lilly Pilly |
Myrtaceae |
Chile |
Euonymus japonicus |
Golden Pillar or Spindle
tree |
Celastrineae |
Japan |
Eurya japonica |
Japanese Eurya |
Ternstroemiaceae |
Japan |
Feijoa sellowiana |
Pineapple Guava |
Myrtaceae |
Brazil |
Ficus elastica |
India rubber plant |
Moraceae |
Himalayas |
Ficus macrophylla |
Australian Banyan Mereton Bay Fig |
Moraceae |
Australia |
Fitzroya patagonia |
Patagonian Cypress |
Coniferae |
Patagonia |
Frenela rhomboidea |
Frenela |
Coniferae |
North Holland |
Fuchsia arborescens |
Tree fuchsia |
Onagraceae |
Mexico |
Fuchsia corymbosa |
Ladies ear drops |
Onagraceae |
Peru |
Gaultheria fragrantissime |
Fragrant Wintergreen |
Ericaceae |
Nilgiris |
Ginkgo biloba |
Maiden hair tree |
Coniferae |
North China |
Glochidion neilgherrense |
Euphorbiaceae |
Nilgiris |
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Goldfussia anysophylla |
Goldfussia |
Acanthaceae |
Himalayas |
Gravillea robusta |
Silver Oak |
Asclepiadaceae |
New south Wales |
Hakea saligna |
Willow-leaved Hakea |
Proteaceae |
Australia |
Hydrangea hortensis (var.parzival) |
Hydranges |
Saxifragaceae |
Japan and China |
Hymenosporum flavum |
Native Frangipani |
Pittosporaceae |
Australia |
Hypericum hookerianum |
St.John's wort |
Hypericineae |
Himalayas |
Hypericum patulum |
St.John's wort |
Hypericineae |
Nilgiris |
Ilex cornuta |
Holly |
Ilicineae |
North China |
Impatiens hookeriana |
Balsam |
Balsaminaceae |
Ceylon |
Impatiens leschenaultii |
Common Shrubby balsam |
Balsaminaceae |
Nilgiris |
Iochroma tubulosa |
Blue cestrum |
Solanaceae |
New Granada |
Jacaranda mimosaefolia |
Green Ebony |
Bignoniaceae |
Brazil |
Juniperus virginiana |
Eastern red cedar or
pencil tree |
Coniferae |
North America |
Justicea carnea |
Fountain Flower |
Acanthaceae |
California |
Laurus nobilis |
Sweet Bay |
Laurineae |
South Europe |
Leptospermum flavescens |
Yellow Tea Tree |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Libonia floribunda |
Burning Bush |
Acanthaceae |
Brazil |
Ligustrum lucidum |
Chinese Glossy pivet |
Oleaceae |
China |
Ligustrum ovalifolium variegatum |
Golden pivet |
Oleaceae |
Japan |
Lippia citriodora |
Sweet scented verbena |
Verbanaceae |
Chile |
Litsaea wightiana |
Kiaz or Kiadj |
Laurineae |
South India |
Lobelia excelsa |
Trupa or Tupa |
Campanulaceae |
Chile |
Luculia gratissima |
Pink Swa |
Rubiaceae |
Himalayas |
Luculia pinceana |
Pink Spice |
Rubiaceae |
Himalayas |
Magnolia grandiflora |
Laurel leaved southern magnolia |
Magnoliaceae |
America |
Magnolia liliflora |
Mokuren |
Magnoliaceae |
Japan |
Magnolia purpurea |
Magnoliaceae |
America |
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Mahonia leschenaultii |
Holly leaved berberry |
Berberidaceae |
Nilgiris |
Mappia foetida |
Stinking May tree |
Icacinaceae |
India |
Melaleuca stypheloides |
Raper Back Tree |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Meliosma arnotiana |
Sabiaceae |
Nilgiris |
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Meliosma wightii |
Bastard Mango |
Sabiaceae |
Nilgiris |
Michelia champacta |
Pand oil plant |
Magnoliaceae |
Himalayas & Nilgiris |
Michelia excelsa |
Magnoliaceae |
Himalayas & Nilgiris |
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Michelia nilagirica |
Magnoliaceae |
Himalayas & |
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Montanoa bipinnatifida |
Tree Daisy |
Compositae |
Mexico |
Nerium oleander |
Oleander |
Apocyanaceae |
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Osbeckia crinita |
Melastomaceae |
Nepal |
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Osbeckia leschenaultiana |
Red obseckia |
Melastomaceae |
Nilgiris |
Philadelphus coronarius |
Mock orange of syringa |
Sexifragaceae |
Europe |
Philadelphus coronarius var. coulterri |
Sexifragaceae |
Mexico |
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Phobe paniculata |
Laurineae |
East Indies & Nilgiris |
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Phoenix canariensis |
Canarian Date palm |
Palmaceae |
Canary Islands |
Photinia lindleyana |
Lindley's Rowan or Chinese
Hawthorn |
Rosaceae |
Nilgiris |
Phormium tenax |
New Zealand Flax |
Liliaceae |
New Zealand |
Peris ovalifolia |
Andromeda |
Ericaceae |
Nepal |
Pinus canariensis |
Canary pine |
Conifereae |
Canary Islands |
Pinus longifolia |
Long leaves pine |
Conifereae |
India |
Pinus patula |
Jelecote pine |
Conifereae |
Mexico |
Pinus sabineana |
Digger pine |
Conifereae |
California |
Plantago major |
Waybread |
Plantaginaceae |
Nilgiris |
Platanus orientalis |
Oriental plane |
Platanaceae |
Asia |
Plumbago capensis |
Cape leadwort |
Plumbaginaceae |
Cape of good hope |
Podocarpus macrophylla |
Shrubby yew podocarpus |
Taxaceae |
Japan |
Podocarpus taxifolia |
Yew-leaved Podocarpus |
Taxaceae |
Andes |
Poinsettia pulcherrima |
Poinsettia |
Euphorbiaceae |
Mexico |
Pomaderris apetala |
The Victoria Hazel |
Rhamnaceae |
Australia |
Prinsepia utilis |
Rosaceae |
Australia |
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Prunus acuminata |
Rosaceae |
Himalayas |
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Prunus pissardii |
Cherry or Myrobalan Plum |
Rosaceae |
Persia |
Prunus puddum |
Himalayan cherry |
Rosaceae |
Himalayas |
Psoralea pinnata |
Scurfy pea |
Luguminoseae |
Africa |
Pyrus baccata |
Crab Apple |
Rosaceae |
Dahuria |
Quercus cerris |
Turkey oak |
Fagaceae |
Asia Minor |
Quercus griffithii |
Fagaceae |
Himalayas |
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Quercus ilex |
Holm Oak |
Fagaceae |
Mediterranean region |
Quercus macrocarpa |
Overcup oak |
Fagaceae |
Japan |
Quercus montana |
Chestnut oak |
Fagaceae |
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Quercus serrata |
Japanese Oak |
Fagaceae |
Japan and China |
Quercus suber |
Cork Oak |
Fagaceae |
Europe |
Quillaja saponaria |
Soap bark tree |
Rosaceae |
Chile |
Rhododendron arboreum |
Rose tree |
Ericaceae |
Himalayas |
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa |
Hill gooseberry |
Myrtaceae |
Nilgiris |
Rhopalostylis sapida |
Nikau palm |
Palmaceae |
New Zealand |
Rondeletia amoena |
Rubiaceae |
Mexico |
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Rosemarinus officinalis |
Rose Mary |
Labiateae |
Europe |
Roupala crenata |
Proteaceae |
Brazil |
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Roupala pohili |
Proteaceae |
Brazil |
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Ruscus hypophyllum |
Butcher's broom |
Lilliaceae |
Mediterranean region |
Salix babylonica |
Weeping willow |
Salicineae |
Caucasus |
Salix heterophylla |
Weeping willow |
Salicineae |
Europe |
Salvia officinalis |
Sage |
Labiateae |
Mediterranean region |
Santolina chaemacyparissus |
Lavender cotton |
Compositae |
Europe |
Sarcococca trinervia |
Euphorbiaceae |
India |
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Saurauja napaulensis |
Ternstroemiaceae |
Nepal |
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Schinus molle |
Californian pepper
tree |
Anacardiaceae |
Tropical America |
Senecio greyii |
Rag wort |
Compositae |
New Zealand |
Serissa foetida |
Rubiaceae |
Japan |
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Sophora glauca |
Edwarsia |
Leguminaceae |
Shevaroys |
Spiraea corymbosa |
Alleghany Meadow sweet
globe flowers |
Rosaceae |
Asia & North America |
Spiraea japonica var.'Anthony waterer' |
Anthony Waterer |
Rosaceae |
North America |
Sterculia reginae (S.strelitzia) |
Bird of paradise flower |
Scitaminaceae |
Africa |
Streptosolen jamesonii |
Burning bush |
Solanaceae |
Equador |
Strobilanthes kunthianus |
Kurinji |
Acanthaceae |
Nilgiris |
Strobilanthes lawsoni |
Acanthaceae |
Nilgiris |
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Syncarpia laurifolia |
Turpentine tree |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Taxodium distichium mucronatum |
Deciduous swamp |
Coniferae pinaceae |
Mexico |
Thuja japonica |
Arborvitae |
Coniferae pinaceae |
Japan |
Thuja orientalis |
Oriental arborvitae |
Pinaceae |
China and Japan |
Tibouchina semidecandra |
Glory Bush |
Melastomaceae |
Brazil |
Thithonia tagetiflora |
Perennial Mexican sun- flower |
Compositae |
Vera Cruz |
Triscuspidaria dependens |
Crinodendron dependens |
Tiliaceae |
Chile |
Tristania conferta |
Queensland Box Australian
Turpentine tree |
Myrtaceae |
Australia |
Ulex europaeus |
Gorse |
Leguminaceae |
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Widdringtonia whytii |
Mant mlangicedar
of African Cypress |
Coniferae |
Africa |
Yucca sp. |
Liliaceae |