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Sahjan

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

Moringa oleifera is a small, graceful, deciduous tree with sparse foliage, often resembling a leguminous species at a ....

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Ailanthus

Lifespan : 50 to 70 years

1. Ailanthus excelsa is a large deciduous tree, 18-25 m tall; trunk straight, 60-80 cm in diameter; bark light grey and smooth, becoming grey-brown and rough on large trees, aromatic, slightly bitt....

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Gamhar(Gmelina arborea)

Lifespan : 30 to 50 years

1. It is a moderately deciduous tree with straight trunk and numerous spreading branches, which form large shady crown with whitish grey corky lenticellate bark, exfoliating in thin flakes.

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Sheesham (Dalbergia sissoo)

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

1. The Indian Rosewood is a deciduous tree that grows upright. It can reach a height of 25 metres and a diameter of 2 to 3 metres. It has up to 15 cm long, leathery leaves. The blossoms are a light....

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Poplar

Lifespan : 20 to 50 years

1. In India, plant can grow upto height of 26 m(85 feet) or above with in life span of 5 to 7 years

2. They have a characteristic pyramid like shape. They have very long, straight trunks in a....

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Aonla

Lifespan : 50-100 years

1. Phyllanthus acidus is a small, glabrous tree up to 10 m tall with phyllanthoid branching, bark rough, grey, with prominent lenticels; cataphylls not persistent, blackish-brown, their stipules tr....

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Eucalyptus

Lifespan : 50 to 150 years

Eucalyptus trees can grow between 10 to over 300 feet (3 to 90 meters) tall, with trunk diameters reaching up to 7 feet (2 meters). Known for their rapid growth, these trees can add 6 to 10 feet (2....

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Sandalwood (Santalum album)

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

1. Santalum ellipticum is a sprawling shrub to small tree, 1–5 m tall and 1–3 m in canopy diameter, maximally reaching 12 m tall and 5 m in canopy diameter, and bole diameter at breast height (....

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Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus)

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

1. Pterocarpus angolensis is a medium-size to large, deciduous tree that grows up to 30 m tall; bark on young twigs is smooth, grey and covered with hairs, and on the older branches and stems it is....

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Khejdi (Prosopis cineraria)

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

1. Prosopis cineraria is a tree to 6.5 m high; cortex cinereous; prickles internodal, scattered, straight, somewhat macroscopic, conical with broad bases. Taproot to more than 3 m long.

2. L....

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Melia dubia (Indian Mahogany)

Lifespan : 30 to 50 years

1. Melia azedarach is a deciduous tree up to 45 m tall; bole fluted below when old, up to 30-60 (max. 120) cm in diameter, with a spreading crown and sparsely branched limbs. Bark smooth, greenish-....

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Casuarina

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

1. Casuarina cunninghamiana is a medium to large tree 12-35 m in height, 30-150 cm in diameter. Bark finely fissured and scaly brown. Leaves on new shoots erect. Deciduous branchlets thin and soft ....

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Bamboo

Lifespan : 3 to 7 years

1. Bamboo is a perennial, evergreen plant that belongs to the grass family (Poaceae). It is characterized by its tall, woody, and hollow stems, known as culms, which can grow rapidly, often reachin....

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Mango (Mangifera indica)

Lifespan : 40 to 100 years

1. Mangifera indica is a large evergreen tree to 20 m tall with a dark green, umbrella-shaped crown. Trunk stout, 90 cm in diameter; bark brown, smoothish, with many thin fissures; thick, becoming ....

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Teak (Tectona grandis)

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

1. Tectona grandis is a large, deciduous tree reaching over 30 m in height in favourable conditions. Crown open with many small branches; the bole is often buttressed and may be fluted, up to 15 m ....

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Agarwood

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

Agarwood is a medium-sized tree that typically reaches heights of 20 to 30 meters. It is distinguished by its dense, dark brown or black heartwood, which is highly aromatic. The tree features simpl....

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Neem

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

1. Azadirachta indica is a small to medium-sized tree, usually evergreen, up to 15 (30 max.) m tall, with a round, large crown up to 10 (20 max.) m in diameter; branches spreading; bole branchless ....

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khejri

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

1. Prosopis cineraria is a tree to 6.5 m high; cortex cinereous; prickles internodal, scattered, straight, somewhat macroscopic, conical with broad bases. Taproot to more than 3 m long.

2. L....

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White Mulberry

Lifespan : 30 to 50 years

1. Morus alba is a fast-growing shrub or moderate-sized tree with a fairly cylindrical, straight bole, up to 35 m high and 1.8 m in girth, without buttresses; bark dark greyish-brown, rough with ve....

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Karanj

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

1. Pongamia pinnata is a medium-sized evergreen or briefly deciduous, glabrous shrub or tree 15-25 m high, with straight or crooked trunk 50-80 cm or more in diameter and broad crown of spreading o....

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Dalbergia latifolia

Lifespan : over 100 years

1. Dalbergia latifolia is predominantly a single-stemmed deciduous tree with a dome shaped crown of lush green foliage, which on wet sites are not shed. The trees reach a height of 20-40 m with a g....

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Sahjan

Lifespan : 50 to 100 years

1. Moringa oleifera is a small, graceful, deciduous tree with sparse foliage, often resembling a leguminous species at a distance, especially when in flower, but immediately recognized when in frui....

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