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
