Regions: South India

The timber tree of the deccan, straight-boled and deep-rooted.

A deccan hardwood whose bark and heartwood have long traditional use.

A riverbank giant with pale bark — a campus or park tree, not a pot.

The fastest usable material on earth; one clump supplies poles for years.

The dry-country bamboo of central India, solid-stemmed and drought-hardy.

The biggest citrus, tolerant of humidity and common in eastern gardens.

Double-lobed aromatic leaves used across the north-east and the far south.

The fruit of the dry west, cropping where irrigation is impossible.

A century-tree with feathery shade and the sourness of half of Indian cooking.

Feathery-leaved and drought-hardy; one grafted tree feeds a household in winter.