Bauhinia acuminata L.

Vernacular name: Dwarf White Bauhinia, White Orchid-tree (English), Kanchan Safed Kachnar (Hindi)

Nativity: China, Tropical Asia and Australia (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Evergreen shrubs. Leaves cordate to slightly ovate, bilobed. Flowers white.

Flowering period: Throughout the year

Propagation Methods: Propagated by seeds (Flora and Fauna Web

Photographed @ CBSH 

Bauhinia × blakeana Dunn.

Vernacular name: Hong Kong Orchid Tree

Nativity: Artificial hybrid (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Large trees. Leaves large, cordate- ovate, lobed. Inflorescence terminal racemose, flowers dark purple, sterile.

Flowering period: November to January

Propagation Methods: Propagated by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ MFC 

Bauhinia purpurea L.

Vernacular name: Orchid Tree, Pink Butterfly Tree, Purple Bauhinia

Nativity: Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Erect woody, medium sized tree. Leaves simple, bilobed, cordate . Flowers pink.

Flowering period: October to February

Propagation Methods: Propagated through seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed near MBRTC 

Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

Vernacular name: Barbados Pride, Peacock Tree (English); Krishna-charan (Hindi)

Nativity: Southeast Mexico to Central America (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Deciduous woody shrub. Leaves alternate, bipinnate, suborbicular. Flower dark red having yellow margin.

Flowering period: February to September

Propagation Methods: Propagated through seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ CBSH 

Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.

Vernacular name: Rose cascade, Red powder puff, red tassel flower

Nativity: Bolivia (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Small trees. Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, paripinnate. Flower bisexual, red or white coloured.

Flowering period: Almost throughout the year

Propagation Methods: Propagated through cuttings and seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ Gandhi Park 

Calliandra tergemina (L.) Benth.

Vernacular name: Dwarf powder puff, Fairy duster, Miniature powderpuff

Nativity:Bolivia(POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Dense shrubs. Leaves having paired pinnae and each pinnae with 3 unequal leaflets. Flower heads red, solitary.

Flowering period: Almost throughout the year

Propagation Methods: Propagated by seeds or stem cuttings (Flora and Fauna web)

Photographed @ Garden Section 

Cassia javanica L.

Vernacular name: Java cassia, Apple blossom cassia, Pink shower

Nativity: Malesia to Papuasia (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Deciduous, trees. Leaves having 5 to 15 paired leaflets, leaflet obtuse. Flowers pink, turning into white.

Flowering period: April to May

Propagation Methods: Propagated by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ CBSH 

Cicer areitinum L.

Vernacular name: Gram, Chickpea (English); Baturi, Chana, Harbhara (Hindi)

Nativity: Iranand Iraq (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Annual herbs. Leaves imparipinnately compound, leaflets 7-17, some dentate. Flower solitary, axillary, white or purplish.

Flowering period: February to April

Propagation Methods: Grown by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ CRC 

Clitoria ternatea L.

Vernacular name: Butterfly pea (English); Aparajita (Hindi)

Nativity: Africa and China (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Annual or biennial twinner. Leaves with 5 to 7 leaflets. Flower blue or white with dark green veins.

Flowering period: June to January

Propagation Methods: Grown by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ Yamunotri Bhawan 

Crotalaria juncea L.

Vernacular name: Sunn hemp, False Hemp, Indian hemp (English); Patsan, sanai (Hindi)

Nativity:Afghanistan to Indo-China(POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Branched undershrub. Leaves alternate, subsessile, linear lanceolate, pubescent. Flower yellow.

Flowering period: August to September

Propagation Methods: Propagated by seed under suitable moist (Feddipedia)

Photographed @  Jha Colony 

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.

Vernacular name: Sickle bush, Ashy babool (English); Shami, Velati, Kheri (Hindi)

Nativity: India and Sri Lanka

Common Characteristics: Small trees, or shrubs. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers arrange in spikes, lower flowers red or pinkish,sterile, upper flower yellow, fertile.

Flowering period: April to July

Propagation Methods: Propagated by seeds and by air layering (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed behind ATIC

Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet.

Vernacular name: Hyacinth bean, Lablab bean, sem bean, Indian bean, (English); Sem (Hindi)

Nativity: Africa, Madagascar and India (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Climbers with trifoliate leaves, leaflet triangular. Flowers purple or white. Pod flattened with both end tapering.

Flowering period: Throughout the year

Propagation Methods: Grown by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ VRC 

Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl.

Vernacular name: Big Leaf Lupin, Garden lupin, Washington lupin, Large-leaf lupin

Nativity: United States of America (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves palmately compound with 9-17 lanceolate leaflets. Flowers in long, dense racemes.

Flowering period: March to June

Propagation Methods: Grown by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ MFC 

Mimosa pudica L.

Vernacular name: Sleeping grass, Prayer plant, Touch-me-not (English); chhuimui (Hindi)

Nativity: Southern Mexico to Tropical South (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Annual or perennial, low diffuse, undershrubs. Leaves sensitive, bipinnate. Flower in, globose heads, pinkish.

Flowering period: July to September

Propagation Methods: Propagated by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ Garden Section 

Pisum sativum L.

Vernacular name: Pea (English); Matar (Hindi)

Nativity: Mediterranean to Afghanistan (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Annual, climbing herbs. Leaves paripinnately compound, terminal part of rachis modified into branched tendril. Flower white.

Flowering period: December to March

Propagation Methods: Grown by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ VRC

Senna polyphylla (Jacq.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby.

Vernacular name: Desert cassia, Dwarf weeping cassia

Nativity: Honduras, Caribbean to Venezuela, Eastern Brazil (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Small trees or shrubs. Leaves pinnately compound each having 3 to 15 pairs of leaflets. Flowers in few flowered axillary cymes, yellow.

Flowering period: Almost throughout the year

Propagation Methods: Propagated by cuttings and by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ Garden Section 

Senna sulfurea (Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby.

Vernacular name: Glaucous cassia, Golden senna, Sulphur-flowered senna, Sunshine tree

Nativity: Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China and Northern Australia (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Branched, erect, medium sized trees. Leaves pinnately compound, leaflets 4-6 pairs, elliptic- rounded. Flowers golden yellow, in axillary or terminal clusters.

Flowering period: February- May and August to November

Propagation Methods: Grown by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ CVAS 

Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

Vernacular name: Fenugreek (English); Methi (Hindi)

Nativity: Iraq to Afghanistan (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Annual herbs. Leaves trifoliate, leaflets obovate to oblong, dentate in distal half. Flowers white, borne in axils of leaves.

Flowering period: March to May

Propagation Methods: Grown by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ Ta Colony 

Vicia faba L.

Vernacular name: Broad Bean, Faba Bean (English); Bakla, Kala matar, Ram chana (Hindi)

Nativity: Iran and Afghanistan (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Annual, erect herbs. Leaves pinnately compound, leaflets 2- 6 pair. Flower white with dark purplish- brown spot on wing.

Flowering period: December to February

Propagation Methods: Grown by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ Jha Colony