Trees and tree tales: some common trees of Chennai

Acacia Arjun tree Artocarpus avenue tree backyard baobab bark bears flowers beautiful botanical name botanically called botanically known botanist branches buds campus cashew cassia Chennai Chennai homes Citrus coconut colour common compound Croc Curry leaf deciduous diuretic elephant elephant apple fast-growing favourite female fertilisation filaments foliage green grown guava hairs Hindu India Indira Parthasarathy ISBN jack jack tree juice Karuveppilai Krishna leaf leaflets leaves leguminous mango maram mast tree medicinal value monkey Moringa oleifera murungakkai naaval Nagar native neem Pachaiyappa's College palmyrah papaya Parijatham pazham peepul pericarp petals plant pomegranate Portia Portia tree pulp Rain tree Road roots Sanskrit name sapota Satyabhama season seeds silk cotton tree Siva smooth species stalk staminal Sterculia foetida sweet talipot palm tall Tamil Tamil name taste teak Telugu tree bears tree grows tree in Chennai tree's trunk variety wonder wood apple woody Wrightia tinctoria yellow yields