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Aak Bushआँकड़ाLeptadenia pyrotechnicaA leafless broom-like desert shrub that fixes sand and feeds camels.
AlderउतीसAlnus nepalensisA nitrogen-fixing pioneer of Himalayan landslides and north-eastern jhum fallows.AmaltasअमलतासCassia fistulaYellow chandeliers in May, when the city most needs something to look at.Arjunअर्जुनTerminalia arjunaA riverbank giant with pale bark — a campus or park tree, not a pot.Arjunaअर्जुनTerminalia arjunaA riverbank giant with pale bark — a tree for a campus or a colony park, not a…AshokaअशोकSaraca asocaOrange flower clusters straight off the trunk — a sacred tree, now threatened.BaboolबबूलVachellia niloticaThorny, nitrogen-fixing and useful on land nobody else will plant.BaelबेलAegle marmelosA slow, tough native tree for a hot courtyard, with fruit that makes the summer sherbet.Bahedaबहेड़ाTerminalia belliricaThe third triphala fruit, from a broad-crowned tree of dry deciduous forest.BambooबांसBambusa balcooaThe fastest usable material on earth; one clump supplies poles for years.Bamboo Shoot Speciesबांस करीलDendrocalamus hamiltoniiThe north-eastern shoot bamboo — fermented shoots are a regional staple.Bans Kabanकबान बांसDendrocalamus strictusThe dry-country bamboo of central India, solid-stemmed and drought-hardy.BanyanबरगदFicus benghalensisThe tree that becomes a grove; only for parks, campuses and village greens.BarleriaकटसरैयाBarleria prionitisA spiny yellow-flowered shrub of dry scrub, unbothered by heat or thin soil.BerबेरZiziphus mauritianaThe fruit of the dry west, cropping where irrigation is impossible.Bottle BrushचीलCallistemon citrinusRed brushes of stamens on drooping branches; a hardy naturalised garden tree.