A REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL FIELD
TOUR AT JAWAHAR PARK ALIGARH
RAJA MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH UNIVERSITY
ALIGARH
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR
MSC II SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
RAJA MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH UNIVERSITY
Submitted By:
Sarswati Bhardwaj
II Semester( 2024-2025)
Department Of Botany
RAJA MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH UNIVERSITY
ALIGARH
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
3. CERIFICATE
4. AIM AND OBJECT
5. TOUR DAIRY
6. LIST OF PLANT SPECIES
7. CONCLUSION
INTODUCTION
Field study is an essential part of botany. The natural environment i.e. the
surroundings where wa all interect, the plant in the natural habitat is one of the most
interesting things that is needed to be studied by the students of LIFE SCIENCE.
Studing plant in their natural habitat enhances our knowledge that is learnt from
classroom discussions and laboratory experiments.
The announcement from the Botant Department of RAJA MAHENDRA
PRATAP SINGH STATE UNIVERSITY made the students of the II semester botany
honours so happy. The spot was fixed to JAWAHAR PARK ALIGARH which is on
W33F+ 2C3, Civil Lines, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
An apprehensive knowledge of things are always required for students to start
a particular study of a particular site in their natural environment. So classroom study and
field study are complementary to each other and we cannot ignore any one of them.
Hence keeping these two things in view, this study tour was organizedby the
Department of Botany, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University as per
syllabus prescribed by university
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Firstly I express my deep sense of gratitude to the Department Of Botany,
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University for organizing a botanical study tour at
Jawahar park.
I expressmy sincere and deep sense of gratitude to my respected, dynamic and
kind hearted guide Dr. ritu Chaudhary and Dr. Zeba Khan proffesor of Raja Mahendra Pratap
singh State University for his valuable guidence, keen interest encouragement advice and
suggestion for making the tour a grand success.
I would also like to thaks to my classmate for their co operation rendered tome
throughout the tour.
SARSWATI BHARDWAJ
CERTIFICATE
This is certify that SARSWATI BHARDWAJ has duly participated
in thE BOTANICAL STUDY TOUR / FIELD VISIT to Jawahar
park Aligarh as per the syllabus given by the Raja mahendra
Pratap Singh State university.
She is a bonafide student of this college offering 2nd semester
Botany as honour sunject.
Head Of Department
RAJA MAHENDRA PRATAP
SINGH UNIVERSITY
ALIGARH
AIM AND OBJECT OF STUDY TOUR
1. To observe and collect the plant species from the study site
.
2. To observe the families and species of various plants.
3. To study thenatural habitat and character of the plant in the area.
4. To apply knowledge and skills acquired in the lecture and laboratory.
5. To explore the possibility of a chance to do research or collaboration
TOUR DAIRY
On 24 april 2025, group of us and our beloved teachers, Dr. Ritu Chaudhary and
Dr. Zeba Khan met each other in the morning at Jawahar park aligarh.
We reached about 10:00 am and we start our observation of the different plant both
teachers Dr. Ritu chaudhary and Dr. Zeba Khan guide us and told us about different
plant , tree, shrub and herb. Both teachers helped us to identify the plant
After observing the plants and staying there for around one and half hour we come
back at approx 11:30am
The student who paricipated in the tour are;
1. Sunidhi Chauhan
2. Gunjan Sharma
3. Uma Rajput
4. Sejal Sarswat
5. Kajal Sharma
6. Tarun bharti
PLANT SPECIES FROM THE STUDY SITE
Ocimum tenuiflorum
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Angiosperms
Order :- Lamiales
Family :- Lamiaceae
Genus :- Ocimum
Species :- tenuiflorum
DESCRIPTION
Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil, tulasi or tulsi (from Sanskrit), is an
aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is widely cultivated throughout the Southeast
Asian tropics.[1][4][5] It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australia and the western Pacific. This
plant has escaped from cultivation and has naturalized in many tropical regions of the Americas. It is an
agricultural and environmental weed.
Tulasi is cultivated for religious and traditional medicine purposes, and also for its essential oil. It is widely used
as an herbal tea, commonly used in Ayurveda. It has a place within the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, in
which devotees perform worship involving the plant or its leaves.
Aloe vera
Kingdom :- Plantae
Class :- Angiosperm
Order :- Asparagales
Family :- Asphdelaceae
Genus :- Aloe
Species :- vera
DESCRIPTION
Aloe vera is a succulent plant species of the genus Aloe. It is widely distributed, and is considered an invasive
species in many world regions. An evergreen perennial, it originates from the Arabian Peninsula, but also grows
wild in tropical, semi-tropical, and arid climates around the world. It is cultivated for commercial products,
mainly as a topical treatment used over centuries. The species is considered attractive for decorative purposes,
and is often used indoors as a potted plant.
The leaves of Aloe vera contain significant amounts of the polysaccharide gel acemannan, which can be used for
topical purposes. The leaves also contain aloin, which is a toxic compound. Aloe vera products are typically
made from the gel. Aloe vera acemannan may be used in skin lotions, cosmetics, ointments and gels for minor
burns, skin abrasions, insect bites, and windburn.
Oral ingestion of aloe vera extracts may cause acute abdominal pain and cramps, and hepatitis if consumed
chronically.
Epipremnum aureum
Kingdom :- Plantae
Class :- Monocots
Order :- Alismatales
Family :- Araceae
Genus :- Epipremnum
Species :- aureum
DESCRIPTION
Epipremnum aureum is a species in the arum family Araceae, native to Mo'orea in the Society Islands of
French Polynesia. The species is a popular houseplant in temperate regions but has also become naturalised in
tropical and sub-tropical forests worldwide, including northern South Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Indian
subcontinent, the Pacific Islands and the West Indies, where it has caused severe ecological damage in some
cases.
The plant has a number of common names including golden pothos, Ceylon creeper, hunter's robe, ivy
arum, silver vine, Solomon Islands ivy, and taro vine. It is also called devil's vine or devil's ivy because it is
very hardy and stays green even when kept in the dark. It is sometimes simply labelled Pothos, or mistakenly
labelled as a Philodendron or Scindapsus in plant stores. It is commonly known as a money plant in many
parts of Indian subcontinent It rarely flowers without artificial hormone supplements; one of the last known
spontaneous flowerings in cultivation was reported in 1964. An amateur grower discovered a flowering
Epipremnum aureum in 2023.
The plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Rosa Margaret Merril
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Angiosperm
Order :- Rosales
Family :- Rosaceae
Genus :- Rosa
DESCRIPTION
Rosa 'Margaret Merril' (aka HARkuly) is a white-blend Floribunda rose cultivar developed by Harkness
Roses in 1972 and introduced into Great Britain in 1978. It is the winner of multiple rose awards, including the
Geneva Gold Medal and Rome Gold Medal and the Hague and Auckland Fragrance awards.
The flowers are light pink in cool weather and white in hot climates. They have a very strong spicy, citrus
fragrance. Flowers are carried singly early in the season and in larger clusters later in the season, and will
bloom well into autumn.
'Margaret Merril' blooms in flushes throughout the growing season. It is susceptible to blackspot. Leaves are
healthy, dark green and glossy. It will grow up to 8.2 ft (2.5 m) hot climates. 'Margaret Merril' was used to
hybridize six child plants: 'Princess Alexandra' (1988), 'Carpet White' (1991), 'Victorian Spice' (1994) 'Mon
Jardin et Ma Maison' (1998), 'Petticoat' (2004), and 'Rayon de Soleil' (2014).
Thuja
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Pinopsida
Order :- Cupressales
Family :- Cupressaceae
Genus :- Thuja
Species :- occidentalis
DESCRIPTION
Thuja is a genus of coniferous tree or shrub in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are five species in the
genus, two native to North America and three native to eastern Asia. The genus is monophyletic and sister
to Thujopsis. Members are commonly known as arborvitaes (from the Latin term for 'tree of
life'), thujas or cedars.
Thuja are evergreen trees growing from 10 to 200 feet (3 to 61 metres) tall, with stringy-textured reddish-
brown bark. The shoots are flat, with side shoots only in a single plane. The leaves are scale-like and 1 to 10 mm
(0.039 to 0.394 in) long, except young seedlings in their first year, which have needle-like leaves. The scale
leaves are arranged in alternating decussate pairs in four rows along the twigs. The male cones are small,
inconspicuous, and are located at the tips of the twigs. The female cones start out similarly inconspicuous, but
grow to about 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) long at maturity when 6–8 months old; they have 6-12 overlapping,
thin, leathery scales, each scale bearing 1–2 small seeds with a pair of narrow lateral wings.
Clitoria ternatea
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Angiosperm
Order :- Fabales
Family :- Fabaceae
Genus :- Clitoria
Species :- ternatea
DESCRIPTION
Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as Asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan
pea, or Darwin pea, is a plant species belonging to the family Fabaceae and native to the Indonesian island
of Ternate. In Indian Ayurveda it is commonly known by the name aparajita. It is also sometimes confused in
India with Convolvulus prostratus (Convolvulus pluricaulis).It is a perennial herbaceous plant, with elliptic,
obtuse leaves. It grows as a vine or creeper, doing well in moist, neutral soil. Its most striking feature is the
color of its flowers, a vivid deep blue; solitary, with light yellow markings. They are about 4 cm (1+1⁄2 in)
long by 3 cm (1+1⁄4 in) wide. Some varieties yield white flowers and [Link] fruits are 5–7 cm (2–2+3⁄4 in)
long, flat pods with six to ten seeds in each pod. They are edible when tender.
It is grown as an ornamental plant and as a revegetation species (e.g., in coal mines in Australia), requiring
little care when cultivated. As a legume, its roots form a symbiotic association with soil bacteria known
as rhizobia, which transform atmospheric N2 into a plant-usable form (a process called nitrogen fixing),
therefore, this plant is also used to improve soil quality through the decomposition of nitrogen rich plant
material.
Chlorophytum comosum
Kingdom:- plantae
Class :- Monocots
Order :- Asparagales
Family :- Asparagaceae
Genus :- Chlorophytum
Species :- comosum
DESCRIPTION
Chlorophytum comosum, usually called spider plant or common spider plant due to its spider-like look, also
known as spider ivy, airplane plant, ribbon plant (a name it shares with Dracaena sanderiana), and hen and
chickens, is a species of evergreen perennial flowering plant of the family Asparagaceae. It
is native to tropical and Southern Africa but has become naturalized in other parts of the world,
including Western Australia and Bangladesh. Chlorophytum comosum is easy to grow as a houseplant because
of its resilience, but it can be sensitive to the fluoride in tap water, which commonly gives it "burnt
tips". Variegated forms are the most popular.
Chlorophytum comosum has a widespread native distribution in Africa, being native to six of the ten World
Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions regions of Africa (West Tropical Africa, West-Central
Tropical Africa, Northeast Tropical Africa, East Tropical Africa, South Tropical Africa, and Southern Africa).
Chlorophytum comosum is a popular houseplant. The cultivars with all-green leaves forms only a small
proportion of plants sold.
Heptapleurum arboricola
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Asterids
Order :- Apiales
Family :- Araliaceae
Genus :- Heptapleurum
Species :- arboricola
DESCRIPTION
Heptapleurum arboricola (syn. Schefflera arboricola') is a flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native
to Hainan Province, China and Taiwan.[1][2][3] Its common name is dwarf umbrella tree, as it resembles a
smaller version of the umbrella tree, Heptapleurum actinophyllum.
It is an evergreen shrub growing to 8–9 m tall, free-standing, or clinging to the trunks of other trees as
an epiphyte. The leaves are palmately compound, with 7–9 leaflets, the leaflets 9–20 cm long and 4–10 cm
broad (though often smaller in cultivation) with a wedge-shaped base, entire margin, and an obtuse or acute
apex, sometimes emarginate. The leaves are leathery in texture, shiny green, glabrous on the upper surface
and somewhat lighter and matte on the underside. Young plants have smaller leaves and fewer leaflets. Each
leaflet has a central rib that divides it into two halves, with between four and six ribs clearly visible up to the
third order. The stipules merge with the petiole, the length of which is 12-15 cm.
Heptapleurum arboricola is commonly grown as a houseplant, popular for its tolerance of neglect and poor
growing conditions. It is also grown as a landscape (garden) plant in milder climates where frosts are not
severe. Numerous cultivars have been selected for variations in leaf colour and pattern, often variegated with
creamy-white to yellow edges or centres, and dwarf forms. The cultivar 'Gold Capella' has gained the Royal
Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Syngonium podophyllum
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Monocots
Order :- Alismatales
Family :- Araceae
Genus :- Syngonium
Species :- podophyllum
DESCRIPTION
Syngonium podophyllum is a species of aroid that is a popular houseplant. Common names include: arrowhead
plant, arrowhead vine, arrowhead philodendron, goosefoot, nephthytis, African evergreen and American
evergreen. The species is native to a wide region of Latin America from Mexico through Bolivia, and
naturalized in the West Indies, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, and other places.
It climbs a few meters tall over the trunks of tropical jungle trees, clinging by its roots. The cultivars
cultivated indoors reach a height of up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft). During the year, the plant grows about 30 cm (12 in)
and produces 6-7 leaves. Its single leaves, usually arrow-shaped, are up to 30 cm (12 in) long. In the wild, the
leaves are dark green and without variegation. Cultivated varieties have leaves in various shades of green,
often light green and usually with different types of lighter tannins. There are several variegated cultivars, the
main differences being in the position and extent of the cream or white markings. Some leaves are almost
entirely white, pink or yellow.
Its flowers are small, greenish or whitish on spadices within light-yellow through green spathes. However, the
plants grown indoors do not bloom, aside from the older, well-cared-for specimens.
Kalanchoe pinnata
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Eudicots
Order :-Saxifragales
Family :- Crassulaceae
Genus :- Kalanchoe
Species :- pinnata
DESCRIPTION
Kalanchoe pinnata, commonly known as cathedral bells, air plant, life plant, miracle leaf, Goethe plant,
and love bush, is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. It is a popular houseplant and has become
naturalized in tropical and subtropical areas. The species is distinctive for the profusion of miniature
plantlets that form on the margins of its leaves, a trait it has in common with some other members
of Bryophyllum (now included in Kalanchoe). It is a succulent, perennial plant, about 1 m (39 in) tall, with
fleshy cylindrical stems and young growth of a reddish tinge, which can be found in flower throughout
most of the year.
The leaves are remarkable for their ability to produce bulbils. At their margin, between the teeth,
adventitious buds appear, which produce roots, stems and leaves. When the plantlets fall to the ground,
they root and can become larger plants. This is a fairly common trait in the section Bryophyllum. The fruits
are follicles (10–15 mm) which are found in the persistent calyx and corolla.
Beaucarnea recurvata
Kingdom:- plantae
Class :- Monocts
Order :- Asparagales
Family :- Asparagaceae
Genus :- Beaucarnea
Species :- recurvate
DESCRIPTION
Beaucarnea recurvata, the elephant's foot or ponytail palm, is a species of flowering plant in
the family Asparagaceae. The species is endemic to eastern Mexico; according to IUCN it is now confined to
the state of Veracruz, but Plants of the World Online also cites it as occurring in Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis
Potosí, and Tamaulipas. Despite its common name, it is not closely related to the true palms (Arecaceae). It
has become popular in Europe and worldwide as an ornamental plant. There are 350-year-old Beaucarneas
registered in Mexico.
It is an evergreen perennial growing to 8 metres (26 ft) in height, with an enormously expanded caudex for
storing water. This caudex can be as great as 14 m (46 ft) girth in the wild. The single palm-like stem
produces terminal tufts of strap-shaped, recurved leathery leaves, sometimes hair lock-shaped in the ends,
and with occasional panicles of small white flowers once the plant reaches over 10 years of age
Washingtonia robusta.
Kingdom:- plantae
Class :- Angiosperm
Order :- Arecales
Family :- Arecaceae
Genus :- Washingtonia
Species :- robusta
DESCRIPTION
Washingtonia robusta, known by common name as the Mexican fan palm, Mexican washingtonia,
or skyduster is a palm tree native to the Baja California peninsula and a small part of Sonora in
northwestern Mexico. Despite its limited native distribution, W. robusta one of the most widely
cultivated subtropical palms in the world. It is naturalized in Florida, California, Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico, Hawaii, Texas, parts of the CanaryIslands, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Malta, Croatia, Montenegro,
Albania, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia,
Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria,
Morocco, and Réunion,
W. robusta grows to 25 m (82 ft) tall, rarely up to 30 m (98 ft). The leaves have a petiole up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in)
long, and a palmate fan of leaflets up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long. The petioles are armed with sharp thorns. The
inflorescence is up to 3 m (10 ft) long, with numerous small, pale orange-pink flowers. The fruit is a spherical,
blue-black drupe, 6–8 mm (1⁄4–5⁄16 in) diameter; it is edible, though thin-fleshed.
Alcea rosea
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Eudicots
Order :- Malvales
Fanily :- Malvaceae
Genus :- Alcea
Species :- rosea
DESCRIPTION
Alcea rosea, the common hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It was
imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. William Turner, a
herbalist of the time, gave it the name "holyoke" from which the English name derives.
Alcea rosea is variously described as a biennial (having a two-year life cycle), as an annual, or as a short-lived
perennial. It frequently self-sows, which may create a perception that the plants are perennial. The plant may
flower during its first year when sown early. It will grow in a wide range of soils, and can easily reach a
height of 8 ft (2.4 m) The flowers are in a range of colours from white to dark red, including pink, yellow and
orange. Different colours prefer different soils. The darker red variety seems to favour sandy soils, while the
lighter colour seems to favour clay soils.[citation needed] The plants are easily grown from seed, and readily
self-seed. However, tender plants, whether young from seed or from old stock, may be wiped out by slugs and
snails. The foliage is subject to attack from rust (fungus), which may be treated with fungicides. Commercial
growers have reported that some closely related species (Alcea rugosa and Alcea ficifolia) are resistant to this
fungus.
Ficus benghalensis
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Angiosperm
Order :- Rosales
Family :- Moreceae
Genus :- Ficus
Species :- benghalensis
DESCRIPTION
Ficus benghalensis, Ficus indica, or Ficus audrey commonly known as the banyan, banyan fig and Indian
banyan, is a tree native to the Indian Subcontinent. Specimens in India are among the largest trees in the world
by canopy coverage. It is also known as a "strangler fig" because like many other trees in the genus Ficus it
starts out as epiphyte, that is, leaning on another tree that it ends up suffocating.
Ficus benghalensis is an evergreen, monoecious, fast-growing tree found mainly in monsoon and rainforests,
that can reach a height of up to 30 meters. It is resistant to drought and mild frost. It produces propagating aerial
roots that grow downward. Once these roots reach the ground, they take root and become supportive woody
[Link] figs produced by the tree are eaten by birds such as the Indian myna. Fig seeds that have passed
through the digestive system of birds are more likely to germinate than those that have not.
Euphorbia tirucalli
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Angiosperm
Order :- Malpighiales
Family :- Euphorbiaceae
Genus :- Euphorbia
Species :- tirucalli
DESCRIPTION
Euphorbia tirucalli (commonly known as Indian tree spurge, naked lady, pencil tree, pencil cactus, fire stick,
aveloz or milk bush is a tree native to Africa that grows in semi-arid tropical climates. A hydrocarbon plant, it
produces a poisonous latex that can cause temporary blindness.
The pencil tree is a shrub or small tree with pencil-thick, green, smooth, succulent branches that reaches
heights of up to 7 metres (23 ft). It has a cylindrical and fleshy stem with fragile succulent twigs that are 7
millimetres (0.28 in) thick, often produced in whorls, finely striated longitudinally. The oval leaves are 1 to
2.5 centimetres (0.39 to 0.98 in) long and about 3 to 4 millimetres (0.12 to 0.16 in) wide; they usually fall off
early. It contains a milky, toxic and corrosive sap. The yellow flowers are at the ends of the branches.
It has a wide distribution in Africa in black clay soils, being prominently present in northeastern, central and
southern Africa. It may also be native in other parts of the continent as well as some surrounding islands and
the Arabian Peninsula and has been introduced to many other tropical regions, such as Brazil, India, Vietnam,
the Philippines and Ghana. It grows in dry areas, especially the savanna, and is often used to feed cattle or as
hedging. It is well known in Sri Lanka where it is called kaḷḷi in Tamil, as mentioned in the Akanaṉūṟu by
the Sri Lankan Tamil poet Eelattu Poothanthevanar, and in Sinhalese as weradi nawahandi or gas nawahandi.
Acanthocereus tetragonus
Kingdom:- plantae
Class :- Angiosperm
Order :- caryophyllales
Family :- Cactaceae
Genus :- Acanthocereus
Species :- tetregonus
DESCRIPTION
Acanthocereus tetragonus is a species of cactus that is native to Florida and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of
Texas in the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. The
species is invasive in New Caledonia. Common names include night-blooming cereus, barbed-wire cactus,
sword-pear, dildo cactus, triangle cactus, and Órgano-alado de pitaya (Spanish). The miniature cultivar is
known as fairy castle cactus. It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Cactus tetragonus but
was moved to the genus Acanthocereus in 1938 by Pieter Wagenaar Hummelinck.
Acanthocereus tetragonus is a tall, columnar cactus that reaches a height of 2–7 m (6.6–23.0 ft). Stems are dark
green, have three to five angles, and are 6–8 cm (2.4–3.1 in) in diameter. Areoles are grey and separated by 2–3
cm (0.79–1.18 in). Central areoles have one to two spines up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long, while radial areoles have six
to eight spines up to 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in length.[7] The flowers are 14–20 cm (5.5–7.9 in) in diameter with a
tube 8–15 cm (3.1–5.9 in) in length.[8] Outer tepals are greenish-white, inner tepals are pure white, and pistils
are creamy white. Flowers are open from midnight until dawn, attracting hummingbird moths (Hemaris spp.).
The shiny, red fruits are around 5 cm (2.0 in) long.
Euphorbia lactea
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Angiosperm
Order :- Malpighiales
Family :- Euphorbiaceae
Genus :- Euphorbia
Species :- lacteal
DESCRIPTION
Euphorbia lactea is a species of spurge native to arid and subtropical regions of South Asia, mainly the Indian
Subcontinent. Common names include mottled spurge, frilled fan, elkhorn, candelabra spurge, candelabrum
tree, candelabra cactus, candelabra plant, dragon bones, false cactus, hatrack cactus,milkstripe euphorbia,
mottled candlestick.
It is an erect shrub growing up to 5 metres (16 ft) tall, with succulent branches 3–5 centimetres (1.2–2.0 in)
diameter, ridged, with a triangular or rhombic cross-section; the ridges are spiny, with short, permanent spines
up to 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long. The leaves are small, and quickly deciduous. All parts of the plant contain a
poisonous milky latex, containing several irritating alkaloids, such as phorbol.
It is used medicinally in India. It is widely grown as an ornamental plant, both in the tropics, and as a
houseplant in temperate regions; a number of cultivars have been selected for ornamental use, notably
'Cristata' with frilled branching.
Ficus religiosa
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Angiosperm
Order :- Rosales
Family :- Moraceae
Genus :- Ficus
Species :- religiosa
DESCRIPTION
Ficus religiosa or the sacred fig is a species of fig on the Indian subcontinent and Indochina.[1] It
belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. It is also known as the bodhi tree, pippala tree, peepul
tree, peepal tree or ashwattha tree (in India and Nepal).
The sacred fig is considered to have a religious significance in three major religions of the Indian
subcontinent: Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. It is the type of tree under which Gautama Buddha is
believed to have attained enlightenment. Hindu and Jain ascetics also consider the tree to be sacred and
often meditate under them.
It begins life as an epiphyte, and eventually surrounds and outlives its host tree. The kind of growth is
like dozens of vertical trunks stuck together. In the middle may be a space where the original tree of
another species once grew.
Delonix regia
Kingdom:- Plantae
Class :- Angiosperm
Order :- Fabales
Family :- Fabaceae
Genus :- Delonix
Species :- regia
DESCRIPTION
Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae
native to Madagascar. It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of orange-red flowers
over summer. In many tropical parts of the world it is grown as an ornamental tree. It is a non-
nodulating legume.
Although its country of origin was unknown, it had been in widespread cultivation for centuries. Finally,
in 1932, a natural colony was discovered on the west coast of Madagascar by J. Leandri.
Its common names include "flame tree" (one of several species given this name), peacock flower, royal
poinciana, flamboyant, phoenix flower,[citation needed] flame of the forest.[citation needed] The name
poinciana comes from a genus it was once placed in named Poinciana after Phillippe de Longvilliers
de Poincy, a French noble who once governed the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts.
CONCLUSION
Our study tour was interesting. Student participants interacted in
well disciplined manner, cooperated well with the teacher guides
and overall the tour was grand success. We realized that viewing the
flora and funa in its natural form made us things vivid, enhancing
the classroom lectures and laboratory experiments.
Last but not least I would like to mention the question “ PRACRICE
WITHOUT THEORY IS BLIND AND THEORY WITHOUT
PRACTICE IS STERILE”
So theory and practice must go hand in hand all the time.
