Ancient Indian Trees depicted in Mayamatam

Presentation by Dr. A. S. Nene

Prof. of Civil Engineering(Retd) VNIT Nagpur

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Ancient Indian text “Mayamatam by Sage

Maya deals with Vastushastra.

The text contains names of 75 suitable or

unsuitable trees for construction of habitat .

It is surprising to note that none of these

botanical species has become extinct during

last 15 centauries.

The slide caption contains relevant chapter

and verse number

15.64 - Falsa - Grewia asiati

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15.64-black catechu / cutch tree Acacia catechu Wild. Mimosoideae

15,64-Babul tree - Acacia arebika

15.64- Indian butter tree South Indian mahua- Madhuca longifolia Linn. / Bassia longifulia Sapotaceae

15.64-Royal poinciana - Delonix regia

15.64-Golden or yellow champa- Michelia champaca Linn. Magnoliaceae

15.64-Black wood- Dalbergia latifolia

15.64-arjuna myrobalan- Terminalia arjuna - Am. Combretaceae

15.64- Pagoda tree - Tabernaemontana Styphnolobium japonicum

15.64- Rubber tree- Hevea brasiliensis,

15.64- white sandalwood- Santalum album Linn. Santalaceae

15.65- Date palm - Phoenix dactilifera

15.65- dhavan- Grewia tiliaefolia Vahl. Tiliaceae

15.65-Sago Palm- Cryota alrenus

15.65- Teak tree - Tectona grandis

15.65-Cheraunji nut tree Buchanania lanzan

15.65- stone flower- Parmelia perlata (Huds.) Ach. Lichenes

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15.65- Indian lilac / margosa tree - Azidiracta indica A Juss. Meliaceae

15.65-Indian Kino Malabar Kino - Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. Papilionaceae

15.65- pomelo / shadduck of West Indies Citrus decumana Linn. Rutaceae

15.66- Box myrtle- Myrica esculenta Buch – Ham

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15.66- Money jack tree-Fig tree- Ficus carica

15.66- Indian jackfruit tree - Artocarpus integrifolia Linn. / heterophyllus

Urticaceae

15.66- Saptaparni tree- Alstonia scholaris

15.66- Jamoon tree- Eugenia jambolana.

15.66- Bitter Apple -Colocynath,

15.108- sacred fig / peepal tree- Ficus religiosa Linn. Urticaceae

15.106- cluster fig / country fig- Ficus racemosa Linn. / glomerata Urticaceae

15.108- Ficus arnottiana Miq. Moraceae/Urticaceae

15.108- banyan tree - Ficus bengalensis Linn. Urticaceae

15.108- bael- Aegle marmelos Corr. ex. Roxb. Rutaceae

15.109- bastard teak -Butea monosperma Kuntze frondosa Koem ex. Roxb Leguminosae

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15.109- conessi bark tree Holarrhena antidysenterica (white) Wall.

Apocynaceae

15.109- tooth brush tree / salt bush Salvadora persica Linn. Salvadoraceae

15-109- CordiadichotomaFrost.f.

15-109- Lodh tree-chunga- Symplocos cochinchinensis

15.109- wild cinchona-Anthocephalus indicus A. Rich. / cadamba Miq. Rubiaceae

15.110- Night-flowering Jasmine - Nyctanthes arbortristis

15.110- Geranium tree, Camel`s foot, Butterfly tree- bauhinia-purpurea

15.110- Tamarind tree- Tamarindus indica

15.110- Silk cotton tree-

56-15.110- cassia flower / sponge tree Acacia leucophloea /farnesiana Willd. Fabaceae / Mimosaceae

15.111- Cork Oak Tree- Eleiocarpus calamus

15.111- utrasum-bead tree- Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K. Schum./ E. ganitrus

Roxb. Elaeocarpaceae

15.111- Indian gooseberry- Emblica officinalis Gaertn./ Phyllanthus emblica Linn.

Euphorbiaceae

15.111- Wood Apple-Limonia acidissima

15.111- Indian gamboge- Garcinia morella Desr. Guttiferae

15.111- Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. / Drypetes

roxburghii Wall. Euphorbiaceae

15.112- Snake wood tree- Acacia xiphophylla

15.112- Indian beech- Pongamia glabra Linn. / pinnata / Galedupa indica Papilionaceae

15.112- three-leaved caper- Crataeva nurvala / religiosa / magna Hook & Forst. Capparidaceae

15.112- Indian plum / jujube / bherefruit tree- Zizyphus sativus Rhamnaceae

15.112- bullet-wood tree- Mimusops elengi Linn. Sapotaceae

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15.112- aloe wood / eagle wood- Aquilaria agallocha Roxb. Thymelacaceae

15.113- camphor tree- Cinnamomum camphora Nees & Eberm. Lauraceae

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