Specturam Project Chart No. 102 - Fruits & Trees

 Specturam Project Chart No. 102 - Fruits & Trees

1. Sandalwood - The Sandalwood tree grows up to 12 -15 meters in height. The bark of the tree is a reddish brown in colour. The tree is a slow growing, usually taking about 30 years for the heartwood to reach an economically useful thickness.Sandalwood oil is extracted from the woods for use. Both the wood and the oil produce a distinctive fragrance that has been highly valued for centuries.
2. Plantain - The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. Bananas have a false stem, which is made by the lower part of the leaves. Banana leaves grow in a spiral and may grow 2.7 metres (8.9 feet) long and 60 cm (2.0 ft) wide.
3. Banyan – Banyan tree is the national tree of India, banyan tree has a very huge structure, with long and deep roots and branches. The huge sized tree acts as a shield, protects from hot sun. The tree is also considered sacred by the Hindus. With high medicinal value, banyan is often used as a herb to treat and cure many diseases.
4. Cashew – The cashew tree is a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew seed and the cashew apple. The cashew tree is large, growing upto 10–12 m (33–39 ft) tall, with a short, often irregularly shaped trunk. The leaves are spirally arranged, leathery textured, elliptic to obovate, 4–22 cm (1.6–8.7 in) long and 2–15 cm (0.79–5.91 in) broad, with smooth margins.
5. Guava - Guava is a large shrub or small tree with quadrangular branchlets, oval to oblong leaves about 7.6 cm (3 inches) in length and four-petaled white flowers about 2.5 cm (1 inch) broad.
6. Papaya - The papaya is a large, tree-like plant, with a single stem growing from 5 to 10 m (16 to 33ft) tall, with spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of the trunk. The lower trunk is conspicuously scarred where leaves and fruit were borne. The tree produces approximately six papaya fruits at a time.
7. Deodar - Pine trees are evergreen, coniferous resinous trees, growing 3–80 m (10–260 ft) tall, with the majority of species reaching 15–45 m (50–150 ft) tall. The bark of most pines is thick and scaly, but some species have thin, flaky bark. Pines are long-lived, typically reaching ages of 100–1,000 years, some even more.
8. Coconut – Coconut tree is a large palm, growing up to 30 m (98 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves 4–6 m (13–20 ft) long and pinnae 60–90 cm long; old leaves break away cleanly, leaving the trunk smooth. Coconut tree has a fibrous root system. A tall coconut palm tree can yield up to 75 fruits per year
9. Jackfruit – Jackfruit trees can achieve heights of 30 to 70 feet at maturity. Tree is comprised of rich green, glossy, leather like leaves that can grow upto 9 inches in length. The Jackfruit tree can produce about 100 to 200 fruits in a year. The jackfruit tree is a widely cultivated and popular food item throughout the tropical regions of the world.
10. Orange - The orange tree is an evergreen, flowering tree, with an average height of 9 to 10 m (30 to 33 ft), although some very old specimens can reach 15 m (49 ft). Its oval leaves, alternately arranged, are 4 to 10cm (1.6 to 3.9 in) long and have crenulate margins.
11. Bamboo – Bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. Size of bamboo depends on the species. Largest species of bamboo can reach 1300 feet in height. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on the planet. It can grow 3 feet in height in 24 hours under appropriate climate conditions. Bamboo can survive more than 120 years in the wild
12. Peepal – Peepal Tree is a large dry season-deciduous or semi-evergreen tree, which grows up to 30 metres (98 ft) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 3 metres (9.8 ft). Peepal tree is considered sacred by the followers of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism
13. Tamarind - The tamarind is a long-lived, medium-growth, bushy tree, which attains a maximum crown height of 12 to 18 metres (39 to 59 ft). The evergreen leaves are alternately arranged and pinnately compound. The leaflets are bright green, elliptical ovular, pinnately veined and less than 5 cm (2.0 in) in length.
14. Teak - Teak is a large, deciduous tree up to 40 m (131 ft) tall with gray to grayish brown branches. The bark of the stem is about 1.3 cm (half an inch) thick. Teakwood is used for shipbuilding, fine furniture, door and window frames, wharves, bridges, cooling-tower louvres, flooring, paneling, railway cars and venetian blinds. Myanmar produces most of the world’s supply, with Indonesia, India, and Thailand ranking next in production.
15. Date - Date trees typically reach about 70–75 feet (21–23 m) in height, growing singly or forming a clump with several stems from a single root system. The leaves are 4–6 metres (13–20 ft) long, with spines on the petiole and pinnate, with about 150 leaflets. The leaflets are 30 cm (12 in) long and 2 cm (0.79 in) wide 
16. Palm - There are over 2,500 species of pal trees. Plants includes wonderfully diverse species found throughout the world, from the desert to the rainforest. Palm trees have two different types of leaves called palmate and pinnate
17. Mango - Mango trees grow up to 35–40 m (115–131 ft) tall, with a crown radius of 10 m (33 ft). The trees are long-lived, as some specimens still fruit after 300 years. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, 15–35 cm (5.9–13.8 in) long, and 6–16 cm (2.4–6.3 in) broad; when the leaves are young they are orange-pink, rapidly changing to a dark, glossy red, then dark green as they mature
18. Neem - Neem is a fast-growing tree that can reach a height of 15–20 metres (49–66 ft). The branches are wide and spreading. The fairly dense crown is roundish and may reach a diameter of 15–20 metres (49–66 ft) in old, free-standing specimens.