92. Ziziphus rugosa

Botanical Name: Ziziphus rugosa Lam. [Rhamnaceae]
Common Name: तोरण, Wild Jujube

Distribution:India: Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka,Kerala, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar
Places observed: Talzan, Charkop-Mumbai, Tungareshwar, Forest patches in Maharashtra
Flowering Class: Dicot
Habitat: deciduous- semi Deciduous forests, grasslands, dry forest patches
Habit: Straggling shrub, Deciduous
Flowering and Fruiting: Flowering: February to May Fruiting: March to May

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6. Catunaregam spinosa

Botanical Name: Catunaregam spinosa [Rubiaceae - Coffee family] Common Name: Location found: Charkop Sector 8, Kandivali West, Mumbai, Maharashtra This is a small tree. Many times it grows like a shrub. Only in favourable sunny conditions and a good spacious environment, it grows to be a tree like structure. The Tree The Leaves The Flower The Fruit

87. Tetrameles nudiflora

Botanical Name: Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br. [Tetramelaceae] Common Name: False Hemp Tree , Bhendsa , Bhend Distribution: Maharashtra- western ghats (Khandala, Tungareshwar), Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane Karnataka: Dandeli,Coorg, N. Kanara Kerala:Idukki, Kasaragod, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore Assam, Meghalaya; Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia Flowering Class: Dicot Habit: Large, buttressed, deciduous tree Habitat: Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests Flowering and Fruiting: March to May The Plant Branches Stem Bark Buttressed roots Leaves Flower Fruit

91. Lumnitzera racemosa

Botanical Name: Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. [Combreataceae] Common Name: Black Mangrove, किर्पा kirpa (Marathi) Lumnitzera , named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer (1750-1806) Distribution: Mangrove habitat of Western coasts, Eastern coasts of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia Places observed: Talzan, Charkop-Mumbai Flowering Class: Dicot Habitat: Mangrove Habit: Shrub or small Tree Flowering and Fruiting: Flowering June to October-November, Fruiting: December to March along with sparse flowering The Plant Stem Young stem is reddish For older trees, the bark is grey and fissured longitudinally Leaves Leaves are sessile. Alternately arranged on the stem. Simple , 3-7 cm long and 2-3 cm wide in size , Succulent and have Serrated Margin. The shape of the leaf is obovate and at the tip there is a notch. Flowers Flowers in leaf axils in small spike. Flowers are white in colour, the calyx is green and tube like. The calyx is divided into 5 sma

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