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  Eugenia bracteata  Family: Myrtaceae  Medium size evergreen tree.. Mostly found in Peninsular India

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 Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) Family: Portulacaceae (Moss rose family) Its a weed native to India.

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Diospyros ebenum is a species of tree Endemic to Southern India. It is known for being one of the trees that yield ebony the wood of this tree is called India Ebony.

Roundleaf Bindweed

 Roundleaf Bindweed (Evolvulus nummularius) Family: Convolvulaceae,  is native to North and South America and naturalized  in India.

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 Jima (Glinus oppositifolius) Family: Molluginaceae (Carpetweed family)

                       Annual herb flowering through out the year

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                           Orangeberry (Glycosmis mauritiana) Family: Rutaceae. Its a shrub found throughout the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.

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                         Large Caltrops (Pedalium murex)  Family Pedaliaceae. Herb native to India.                                 It is an important famine food-leaves eaten as vegetables. 

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 Fringed Spider Flower (Cleome rutidosperma) Family: Capparaceae (Caper family) Synonyms: Cleome ciliata

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 Indian Pavetta (Pavetta indica) Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)Other Names:  Ixora pavetta, Ixora indica. Its a shrub grow up to 4 mt. height. Flowers attract butterflies and insects.

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Ironwood (Diospyros ferrea)  Family Ebenaceae

The ripe fruit is pulpy and edible.

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Philippine tea (Carmona retusa)  Family: Boraginaceae.  A shrub growing to 4 m height

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                        View of the Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park (NBNP) at Anaikatti during 1992 (Photo by: Mr. Karivaradhan, Lakshmi Mills, Coimbatore).

View of the Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park at Anaikatti during 2011 (Photo by Mr. K. Maruthachalam, Photocenter, Coimbatore.

Past two decades (1992-2012)  I had been involved in the ecological restoration of a degraded land at the NBNP Anaikatti. The arboretum consists of nearly 400 species of 25000 plants predominantly of Western Ghats region.