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Ironwood Tree  (Memecylon umbellatum)  Family: Melastomataceae (Photos By A. Rajan).

This tree is not only beautiful, but also useful. It provides hard timber used for building houses and boats. A yellow dye can be extracted from the leaves and the bark is used to treat bruises. Ref: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ironwood%20Tree.html

Wildlife Art at PBRC

Some of the stone carving at the Pitchandikulam Bio Resource Center (PBRC), Auroville, Pondichery

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 Banyan Tree at the Adyar Theosophical Society- Adyar Banyan Tree or the Adayar Bodhi Tree, believed to be around 450 years old, is located on the campus of Theosophical Society at Adyar in Chennai.

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Baobab (Adansonia digitata)