Camel - foot Tree Botanical Name: Bauhinia variegata Linn. Common Name: Camel foot tree, Kachnar (Hindi), Sigappu Mandharai (Tamil), Kovidara (Sanskrit) Distribution: Throughout India In Religion and Mythology​ The flower…

Butterfly pea plant Botanical Name: Clitoria ternatea Linn. Common Name: Butterfly pea, Aparajit (Hindi), Kannikodi (Tamil), Aparajitha (Sanskrit) Distribution: Throughout India In Religion and Mythology​ The plant is associated with…

Blue Waterlily Botanical Name: Nymphaea stellata Common Name: Indian Blue Waterlily, Neelkamal (Hindi), Alli-tamarai (Tamil), Krishna Kamalam (Sanskrit) Distribution: Warmer parts of India in tanks, ponds and ditches In Religion…

Blinding tree Botanical Name:Excoecaria agallocha Linn. Common Name: Blinding tree, Tejbala (Hindi), Thillai (Tamil), Ugaru (Sanskrit) Distribution: Western Ghats and the Pichavaram swamps In Religion and Mythology​ Lord Nataraja The…

Bengal Quince Botanical Name: Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa Common Name: Bengal Quince, Bael (Hindi), Vilvam (Tamil), Bilva (Sanskrit) Distribution: Throughout India In Religion and Mythology​ The Bilva tree is associated…

Banyan Botanical Name: Ficus benghalensis Linn. Common Name: Banyan, Bargat (Hindi), Aalamaram (Tamil), Nyagrodha (Sanskrit) Distribution: Throughout India In Religion and Mythology​ Lord Dakshinamurthy under the banyan tree The tree…

Bamboo Botanical Name: Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss Common Name: Bamboo, Bans (Hindi), Moongil (Tamil), Venu (Sanskrit) Distribution: Throughout India In Religion and Mythology​ Lord Krishna with his bamboo flute The…

Asoka Botanical Name: Saraca indica (syn. Saraca asoca) Common Name: Ashoka tree, Ashok (Hindi), Asogam (Tamil), Ashokam / Madhupushpam (Sanskrit) Distribution: Central and Eastern Himalayas, Northern plains, Orissa and the…

Alexandrian Laurel (Ball Tree) Botanical Name: Calophyllum inophyllum Linn. Common Name: Alexandrian Laurel, Sultan Champa (Hindi), Punnai (Tamil), Punnaga (Sanskrit). Distribution: Coastal regions of eastern and western India. In Religion…

Arabian Jasmine Botanical Name: Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton. Common Name:Arabian Jasmine, Moghra (Hindi), Kundumalligai (Tamil), Mallika (Sanskrit) Distribution: Throughout India, cultivated In Religion and Mythology​ The tree is associated with…