Ritual plants

अश्वत्थः

  • ‘peepul’, Ficus religiosa or sacred fig. Bodhi tree
  • Leaf tapers into a needle.
  • Long life - 900 and 1,500 years

शमी

  • Shami, Prosopis Cineraria, banni, khejri
  • Thorns in internodes. Desert plant with deep root.
  • a small tree, ranging in height from 3–5 m (9.8–16.4 ft).
  • Bipinnate, with 1-3 small pinnae.

Confusions

  • Confused with Acacia ferruginea in karNATaka.
  • not to be confused with the similar looking Chinese lantern tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, which can be told apart by its flowers.

पलाशः

  • सुश्रवाः इति। Butea monosperma. muttuga/ ಮುತ್ತುಗ. पर्णः। किंशुकः (यद्य् अपि तेन नान्ना वृक्षान्तरम् अपि प्रसिद्धम्)।
  • 3 big leaflets per leaf
  • Flame red flowers.

किंशुकः

  • mull murungai. Badida Chettu, Badachipa Chettu, బాడినెచెట్టు badidepuchettu, ముచ్చెకర్ర muchchekarra. Erythrina indica-thorns. Pangara पंगार. gadha-palAsha.
  • Leaves like palAsha, but with scattered thorns.

बिल्वः

  • Aegle marmelos, शलाटु, bael
  • deciduous shrub
  • leaf is trifoliate, ovate with tapering or pointed tip and rounded base, untoothed or with shallow rounded teeth

पिशाचोदुम्बरः

  • अपक्वानीव अस्य फलानि।

खदिरः

  • Khadira, khair, Cutch Tree, Acacia catechu, Senegalia catechu, Kaggalli
  • Kattha (catechu), an extract of its heartwood, is used as an ingredient to give red color and typical flavor to paan.
  • White flowers.
  • Compound leaves - bipinnate with small leaflets. Base of each leaf tends to have a pair of thorns.
  • Seed pods. tree’s seeds are a good source of protein

आरग्वधः

  • राजवृक्षः, Cassia fistula, golden shower
  • yellow long flower bunch.
  • pinnate with three to eight pairs of leaflets

इतरे

  • ಬೂರುಗದ ಮರ, silk-cotton, शल्मलिः
  • अरलुः, शोणकः, Bignonia Indica
  • ददित्थः, कपित्थः, wood-apple
  • कोविदारः, Bauhinia variegata
    • Pink flowers
  • श्लेष्मातक, शेलुवृक्षः, Cordia myxa
    • Leaves areव broad, ovate, alternate and stalked

अपामार्गः

  • Achyranthes aspera