Botanical and Vernacular names of Trees

No. Botanical Name .........Vernacular Name ...............Tamil Name

Acacia Auriculiformis ......... Pencil Tree ......... Kathi Savukku, Kathi Karuvel, Elai Karuvel.
Acacia Mangium ......... Maan Sevi Karuvai
Acacia Leucopholea ......... Velvael
Acacia Planiferns .......... Kudai Vel, Udai Mul
Acacia Arabia .......... Babul ............ Karuvel
Acacia Nilotica .......... Babul ............ Karuvel
Prosopis Juliflora - Seemai Karuvel, Vaeli Karuvel, Vaeli Kathaan, Seemai Udai
Adina Cardifolia ......... Manja Kadambu
Anthocephalus Indicus /
Anthocephalus cadamba .......... Vellai Kadambu
Aegle Marmelos ......... Vilvam
Ailanthus Excelsa .......... Perumaram, Peemaram
Sterculia Foetida .......... Wild Almond, Poon ..... Peenari, Paei Elavam
Albizzia Amara ........... Usila Maram
Albizzia Lebbeck .......... East Indian Walnut ......... Vagai
Albizia Falcataria .......... Kattumaram
Albizzia Odoratissima ....... Sila Vagai
Gmelina Arborea .......... Kumil, Kumul
Melia Dubia ........... Malabar Neem Wood ........ Malai Vembu
Azadirachta Indica ......... Vembu
Toona Ciliata ......... Santhana Vembu
Casuarina Junghuhniana .......... Indonesian Savukku, Junguniana Savukku
Cassia Siamea .......... Manja Konrai, Panni Vagai
Grewia Tiliaefolia ........... Thadasu, Sadachi, Valukkai, Unnu
Khaya Senegalansis ......... Kaya Maram (Grow upto 15 m Ht. Gives high quality wood)
Memecylon umbellatum ...... Kaya Maram (Small tree, grow upto 5m only)
Memycylon edule .......... Kaya Maram
Swietenia Macrophylla ...... Peruvian Mahogany
Swietenia Mahogany .. Jamaican Mahogany ...
Pterocarpus Santalinus ... Red Sanders ... Sivappu Santhanam, Santhana Vengai
Pterocarpus Marsupium .......... Indian Kino Tree ......... Vengai
Dalbergia Sissoo.....Indian Rose Wood .......... Sisu
Dalbergia Latifolia ..... East Indian Rose Wood .......... Thothakathi
Dalbergia Paniculata ....... Pani Vagai

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