Plant encyclopedia
Browse plants A–Z for balcony, bagicha, and terrace care — including trees. Filter by category, search to jump, then page through short care notes (draft seed).
25 plants
Golden shower tree
Cassia fistula
A popular flowering tree with long, hanging clusters of bright yellow flowers, especially suited to parks and avenues.
Gulmohar
Delonix regia
Flame-of-forest street tree; full sun; brief spectacular summer bloom.
Indian beech
Millettia pinnata
A hardy, nitrogen-fixing tree used for shade, avenue planting, and agroforestry in suitable parts of Gujarat.
Kadamba tree
Neolamarckia cadamba
A fast-growing tree with rounded, fragrant flower heads, best suited to locations with adequate moisture.
Khejri
Prosopis cineraria
Desert state tree; extreme drought tolerance; light canopy for arid plots.
Mahua
Madhuca longifolia
Tribal oil-flower tree; full sun; slow; value as shade and seasonal flowers.
Moringa (drumstick tree)
Moringa oleifera
Fast leafy/pod tree; full sun; prune hard; leaves for sabzi, pods as drumstick.
Neem
Azadirachta indica
Iconic shade/medicine tree; full sun; drought hardy once rooted.
Peepal
Ficus religiosa
Sacred fig; huge roots — plant only with space; full sun.
Piludi (toothbrush tree)
Salvadora persica
Coastal/arid shrub-tree; saline tolerant; traditionally used as chewing stick.