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Flora and Fauna of Lakshadweep Islands
Flora and Fauna of Lakshadweep Islands
Lakshadweep Islands
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Flora of Lakshadweep Islands
Fauna of Lakshadweep Islands
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Flora of Lakshadweep Islands
Artocarpus incisa
( Bread Fruit)
a species of flowering
tree (Moraceae)
Trees that bear
breadfruit can reach
heights of 26 meters
may produce 200 or
more grapefruit-sized
fruits in a single season
on a single tree with no
maintenance.
Neelakurinji
(Strobilanthes kunthiana)
Plants are extremely
special due to their rare
nature of flowering every
12 years
The plant is usually 25 to
60 cm high
Received its name from
the purplish-blue flower
Banana, Vazha
(Musaparadisiaca)
is a perennial herb that
grows from a bulk of
rhizome
The fruit grows in large
hanging bunches where
it has about 10 to 20
fingers
It grows in humid,
tropical areas and is the
world's largest herb
Colocassia, Chambu
(Colocasia antiquarum)
They are herbaceous
perennial plants with a
large corm on or just
below the ground surface.
The leaves are large to
very large, 20–150 cm
(7.9–59.1 in) long, with a
sagittate shape
Plant gets its name from
the leaves, which are
shaped like a large ear or
shield.
Drumstick, moringakkai
(Moringa Oleifera)
is a small to medium
evergreen or deciduous tree
that can grow to a height of
10-12 m
It has a spreading open
crown, typically umbrella-
shaped
The fruit is a typically 3-
valved capsule, 10 to 60 cm
in length, often referred to as
a “pod” and looking like a
drumstick (hence the name
"drumstick tree“)
Jackfruit,Chakka
(Artocarpus incisa)
The jackfruit tree is 15 to
20 metres (50 to 70 feet)
tall at maturity and has
large stiff glossy green
leaves about 15 to 20 cm
(6 to 8 inches) long
Jackfruit is the largest
tree-borne fruit in the
world, reaching up to 60
cm (about 2 feet) long
and weighing up to 18 kg
(about 40 pounds).
Wild Almond
(Terminalia Catappa)