Identification of ornamentals

DR.PUSHPENDRA KARHANA
Principal
R.B.(PG) College,Agriculture Campus,Agra
Affiliated to Dr.B.R.A.University,Agra(Formerly Agra University,
Agra),U.P.,India
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IDENTIFICATION OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTSIDENTIFICATION OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS

COMMON NAME - Euphorbia
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Euphorbia spp.
HABIT - Thorny fleshy shrubs
PROPAGATION - By cutting

COMMON NAME - Fish tail palm
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Caryota urens
ORIGIN - India and Malaysia
FEATURES -
The pith is comsidered to be the best sago.
A very large species(20-2 m tall) with a thick(50
c.m.) stem.

COMMON NAME - Durenta
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Duranta goldiana
FAMILY - Verbanaceae
HABIT - Ground cover
PROPAGATION - Terminal cutting

COMMON NAME - Din ka raja
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Cestran diurnum
FAMILY - Solanaceae
COLOUR OF FLOWER - White in cluster
ORIGIN - Tropical America

COMMON NAME - Red dracaena
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Cordyline terminalis
FAMILY - liliaceae
PROPAGATION - By air layering and cutting
ORIGIN - New Zealand, India, Malaysia

COMMON NAME - Rhapis palm
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Rhapis excelsa
HABIT - Bamboo
PROPAGATION - By suckers
ORIGIN - China and japan
FEATURES -
The stem is bamboo-like, 45 to 12o cm tall and as thick as he thumb and
forms clumps from underground suckers.

COMMON NAME - Canna
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Canna indica
FAMILY - Cannaceae
ORIGIN - Tropical America
HABIT - Perenial, herbaceous, tall growing plant.
FEATURES - Beautiful leaves and flower produced.

COMMON NAME - Lal patti
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Iresine lidenii
FAMILY - Anaranthaceae
HABIT - Foliage
PROPAGATION - By terminal cutting
FEATURES -
Red crimson color foliage

COMMON NAME - Ashoka
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Polyalthia longifolia
FAMILY - Annonacecae
HABIT - Evergreen ,tall Tree(20m)
COLOUR OF FLOWER - Pale green
BLOOMING TIME - April
PROPAGATION - By seed & aier layering /cutting
ORIGIN - Shrilanka
USE - Esteemed as an avenue tree
FEATURE -
Tapering &shining leaves
The tree ispyramidal and conical shaped .

COMMON NAME - Bottle brush
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Callistemon lanceolatus
FAMILY - Myrtaceae
HABIT - Shrub
COLOUR OF FLOWER - White
PROPAGATION - By seed and layering
ORIGIN - Australia
FEATURES -
A beatiful or a small tree,3 m tall and of
weeoing habit.

COMMON NAME - Pagoda tree
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Plumeria alba
FAMILY - Apocynaceae
HABIT - Evergreen Tree
COLOUR OF FLOWER - White yellow-eyed
BLOOMING TIME - March-April
ORIGIN - West Indies
FEATURES -
The leaves are lanceolate to oblonglate and do not have the conspicuous
marginal vein.
Pagoda tree

COMMON NAME - Bougainvillia
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Bougainvillia spp.,Bougianvellia glabr B.spectibilis
FAMILY - Nycataginaceae
COLOUR OF FLOWER - White, perple, deep perple, red colour
BLOOMING TIME - North India –nov.1st week to dec. and march-april
PROPAGATION - Hard wood cutting & layring
ORIGIN - south America (Brazil)
FEATURES -
Use in different purpose like hedge.
Bush plant pot etc.

COMMON NAME : Queen of night
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Cestrum nocturnum
ORIGIN : Tropical America
FAMILY : Solenaceae
HABIT : Quick growing bushy
shrub media growing
scented shrub
PROPAGATION : By cutting
BLOOMING TIME : Dec –Feb.
FLOWER COLOUR : Pale to White
MAIN FEATURE :-
» Rat ki rani is fragrant flower,which
open in night.
» It is growing manly in indean,gardens
for it scented flower
» it is planted in garden and park
for sweet smell

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Thevetia peruviana
HABIT - It is tall shrub
ORIGIN - Peru
FLOWER COLOR - Yellow, orange, white funnel shaped
PROPAGATION - By seed

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Ervatamia coronaria
HABIT - Tall ever green shrub
COLOUR OF FLOWER - white
ORIGIN - Malti
FEATURES - Mostly used as dwarf bush plant in
shrubbery or as a pot plant.

JUNIPERUS
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Juniperus chinensis
FAMILY - pinaceae
HABIT - Tree or shrub
ORIGIN - China, Mongolia, Japan
PROPAGATION - By seed and air layering
FEATURES - A handsome, erect, dense, pyramidal
tree(13- 20m tall) or shrub

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Narium indicum
HABIT - It is tall shrub
ORIGIN - Peru
FLOWER COLOR - Yellow,orange, white funnel shaped

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Ervatamia divaricata
HABIT - Tall ever green shrub
ORIGIN - Malti
FEATURES - It is very common in Indian gardens as a
flower are used in worship.

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Vernonia elagenifolia
FAMILY - Asteraceae
HABIT - Creeper, foliage plant
COLOUR OF FLOWER - pure olive, denty white in branch
ORIGIN - Burma
FEATURES - parda bel has slender stuns climc up and
them fall down beautyfully over a wall or
raiting in the fprm of curtain.

COMMON NAME - Jumkabel, Rangoon creeper
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Quisquallis Indica
FAMILY - Combretaceae
HABIT - perennial climber
COLOUR OF FLOWER - White, pink
FEATURES - Use for making archis pergola and also
cover the rough area.

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Araucaria cooki
FAMILY - Araucariacae
HABIT - Pyramidal conferous ever green tree.
COLOUR OF FLOWER - Brown, brong
BLOOMING TIME - Jan-Feb.
PROPAGATION - By seed , layering
FEATURES - Found in cold regions.It use as a specimen
tree.

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Dieffenbachia amoena
HABIT - Shade loving plant
COLOUR OF FLOWER - Yellowish-Green
BLOOMING TIME - Clean winter season (Dec.-jan.)
ORIGIN - America
PROPAGATON - Terminal & node cuttings
USE - Growth as potted & for door decoration also
FEATURES - Deiffenbchia is a no. 1 foliage plant
It has green to variegated leaves
It enhance the beauty of indoor garden &
shady situation.

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Asparagus sprengeri,A.dencifora
FAMILY - Liliaceae
HABIT - Densly growing.
PROPAGATION - By seed cutting.
USES - To produce attractive foliage for
beautifictiion
of garden
FEATURES - Commonly asparagus grown in pot for
ornamental foliage,It has tuberous roots.

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Codiaeum variaum
FAMILY - Euphorbiaceae
HABIT - Medium growing plant.
PROPAGATION - Tip cutting
USES - ornamental faoliage
FEATURES -
Croton are popular ornamental with colour ful & acttractively shaped leaves.
It grown in indoor gardening, rock garden & in other shady situation.

ORIGIN - CHINA
POPULARIZE BY - JAPANSES MONKGREAT
CONTRIBUTOR
KYOZO MORATA
FAMOUS QUOTE - “LIKE A PET ANIMAL IT NEEDS
WATER, SUNSHINE AND
NOURISHMENT”
BY KYOZO MORATA
MEANING OF BONSAI - TRAY PLANTING GREAT
CONTRIBUTION FOR BONSAI IN INDIA - LATE V.P.AGNIHOTRI

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chrysanthemum spp.
FAMILY - Compositae
ORIGIN - China
FLOWER COLOR - White, pink.
FEATURES -
It is produces most showy flowers..
It has a wide range of flower shape, size avd color and is highly suitable
for pot culture and ceding purposes.

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Mesembranthemum criniflirum
FAMILY - Aizoaceae
ORIGIN - South Africa
HABIT - Shrub plant.
FLOWER COLOR - White, pink, selmon.
FEATURES -
It can also be planted to cover he space under standerd roses.
Flower are available in self colored or white edged with contrasting.
Also known as fig marigold

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Cosmos bipinnatus
FAMILY - Compositae
HABIT - Flowering annual plant
COLOUR OF FLOWER - Pink, crimson, purple, lavender.
ORIGIN - Mexico
FEATURES -
» Flower are large (0-15 c.m.) across,and may beSingle/double,
including some tetraploide.

SCIENTIFIC NAME -
FAMILY -
HABIT -
COLOUR OF FLOWER -
BLOOMING TIME -
PROPEGATION -
ORIGEN -
FEATURES -
*
ANTHURIUM

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Coreposis tinctoria
FAMILY -
HABIT - Flower plant
COLOUR OF FLOWER - Yellow, light grey
BLOOMING TIME -
ORIGIN -
FEATURES -

It is an art of training plant into different shaped like- Birds,
Animal,Domes etc.
USE- Commonly used in citypark etc.
MOST COMMON PLANTS FOR TOPIORY-
Duranta plumieri
Ficus benjamine
Clorodentron inerme
Inga dulcis

• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Tagetes patula
• FAMILY - Compositae
• HABIT - Flowering annual plant
• COLOUR OF FLOWER - deep scarlet, yellow, orange
• BLOOMING TIME - 55-60 DAT
• PROPAGATION - By seed
• ORIGIN - Mexico and South America
• FEATURES -
» Merigold is the gown a s the
inter crop for prevent the
nematode

COMMON NAME : Forest jasmine
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Clerodendron inerme
ORIGIN : India
FAMILY : Verbanaceae
HABIT : A straggling evergreen shrub
PROPAGATION : Hard wood cutting
BLOOMING TIME : July –September
FLOWER COLOUR : White scented
MAIN FEATURE :- » It is widely used for topiary.
» This shrub can be pruned very low and does not
produce any leafless woody stem.

• COMMON NAME - Beal
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Aegle marmelose
• FAMILY - Rutaceae
• HABIT - Large growing tree. It is a subtropical tree.
• COLOUR OF FLOWER - Creamy White
• BLOOMING TIME - February to march
• PROPAGATION - Patch budding.
• ORIGIN - India
• USES - Beal has religious importance and its leaves are used
by Hindus for worship of lord Shiva.
• Beal is the richest source of vitamin B2(riboflavin)
• A beal juice is prepared, which has cooling effect during summer.
• FEATURES - A compound marmelocin is present in beal, which is
• responsible for the taste of beal.Tree is deciduous in nature

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Punica granatum L
FAMILY - Punicaceae
HABIT - Anar is hardly (2.5-3m.)
COLOUR OF FLOWER - Varity albo –plena bear white floures
PROPAGATION - Cutting (hard wood cutting)
USE -
It is fruit tree and It is use as a ornamental shrubs green to reddish
Leaves and scarlet flower.
It has medicinal value also.

• COMMON NAME - BANYAN
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Ficus benghalensis
• FAMILY - Moraceae
• HABIT - Huge tree
• PROPAGATION - By seed and cutting
• ORIGIN - India
• FEATURES -
• A huge tree(20 m tall) with a huge crown of foliage occupying a large
area.
• The leaves are large and leathery and provide a cool shade.

• COMMON NAME - Gurhal, China rose
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Hibiscus rosa sinensis
• FAMILY - Malvaceae
• HABIT - A large Bushy Shrubs
• COLOUR OF FLOWER - Read & scarlet
• BLOOMING TIME - June - July
• PROPAGATION - By cutting
• ORIGIN - China
• FEATURES - Large 1-2 m. tall bushy shrub .The plant likes a sunny
situation

• COMMON NAME - Ficus tree, weeping fig
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Ficus banjamin
• ORIGIN - South east Asia, and Australia
• HABIT - Ever green, long tree.
• PROPAGATION - By air layring
• FEATURES -
It is decorative plant and use for indoor gardening.
It is very popular house plant in temperate area.
It is a topiary tree reaching 30M tall in nature condition.
For specimen, road side, group uses.

• COMMON NAME - Ponytail
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Nolina recurvata
• FAMILY - Agavaceae
• HABIT - Shrub, growing as pot plant.
• COLOUR OF FLOWER - Creamy
• PROPAGATION - By seed, by steam cutting.
• ORIGIN - North America (Maxico)
• USES - For indoor gardening, rock garden & in
shady situatiion
• FEATURES -
It has large swollen base that can store water for long period
The leaves are grass like, about 2M long & 2.5 wide & drop own over
the main steam.

• COMMON NAME - JASMINE
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Millingtonia hortensis
• FAMILY - Bignoniaceae
• HABIT - Evergreen Tree
• COLOUR OF FLOWER - Silvery-white flower
• PROPAGATION - By cutting
• ORIGIN - Burman
• FEATURES -
• A quick growing, straingt, tall(20m) tree.
• A large foliage divided into leaflets.

• COMMON NAME - Ginger
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Gingeber offisinelum
• FAMILY - Meliaceae
• BLOOMING TIME - April to May
• ORIGIN - Indo Burma

• COMMON NAME - NEEM
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Azadirecta indica
• FAMILY - Meliaceae
• BLOOMING TIME - April to May
• ORIGIN - Indo Burman
• FEATURES - Produces small white scented flower during (April-May)
* Neem used as a medicinal tree.
* It is known wonder tree

• COMMON NAME - Yucca
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Yucca gloriosa
• FAMILY - Liliaceae
• HABIT - Perennial shrub.
• PROPAGATION - By seed, by cutting, rhizome
• COLOUR OF FLOWER - Creamy white finged.
• USES - Use in lawn as specimen plant, rock plant.
• FEATURES -
• Yucca are grown as a ornamental plant in garden.
• It is not succulent but is a xerophytic plant.

• COMMON NAME - Chitwan, Devil’s Tree, Sapt Parni
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Alstonia scholaris
• FAMILY - Apocynaceae
• HABIT - Evergreen Tall Tree
• COLOUR OF FLOWER - Greenish White
• BLOOMING TIME - Jully to August (in cluster)
• ORIGIN - Indo Malayan region
• Important point about chitwan
• *The leaves are attractive, green and produced in a whorl of 5 to 7.
• *Firstly slow growing but later on it grows fast.
• *It suitable for planting along side the road, groups or as a specimen in
park and also shade purpose.

• *COMMON NAME : Merigold
• *SCIENTIFIC NAME : Tagetes erecta
• *ORIGIN : Mexico
• *FAMILY : Compositae
• *HABIT : Flowering annual plant
• *PROPAGATION : By seed (1.5 kg/hec.) or cutting
• *BLOOMING TIME : 55 to 60 DAT
• *FLOWER COLOUR : Yellow,golden yellow,fiesta
• Primrose.
• *MAIN FEATURE :-
• » Merigold is the gown a s the
• inter crop for prevent the
• nematode
• » Merigold use for some daily
• several uses like-
• 1-for welcome of leaders
• 2-For making garland
•

• COMMON NAME - PIPAL TREE
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Ficus religiosa
• HABIT - Large tree
• ORIGIN - India
• FEATURES -
• Peeple is a large (30m) tree.
• In april, the old leaves are shed and the dark-red-colored oung leave appear
giving the plant n ornamental look.
• A religious tree for Hindus and the Buddhists.

• COMMON NAME - Travellers palm
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Ravenala madagascariensis
• FAMILY - Streliziaceae
• ORIGIN - Madagascar
• PROPAGATION - By seed.
• FEATURES -
• It has been given the name ‘travelrs palm’ because the sheaths of the steam
hold rainwater, which can be used as an emergency drinking supply
• It look like banana plant.
• It is not a true palm.
• It can also be grown indoor’s or in green house.
• It is fruits are brown while seeds are blue.

• COMMON NAME - Rose
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Rosa indica
• FAMILY - Rosaceae
• HABIT - Flower plant
• COLOUR OF FLOWER - Red, white, yellow
• BLOOMING TIME - October - November
• PROPAGATION - By cutting, budding etc
• ORIGIN - India, Persia
• FEATURES -
• Generally rose use for ornamental plant.
• It is use for showing in garden.

• COMMON NAME - Morponkhi
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Thuja occidentails
• FAMILY - pinaceae
• PROPAGATION - By seed and airlayering
• ORIGIN - Eastern north America
• FEATURES -
• A handsome tree growing up to 20 m. in hight.
• It can be grown in pots for several years when young for interior decoration
or roof garden.

• COMMON NAME - Ficus panda
• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Ficus panda
• HABIT - Shrub
• PROPAGATION - By terminal cutting
• FEATURES - It has light green to deep green foliages.

COMMON NAME - Saga plam
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Cycus revoluta
FAMILY - plameae
HABIT - Slow growing
COLOUR OF FLOWER - Radish brown
PROPAGATION - By seed, and by bulb
ORIGIN - India and Medagascar
FEATURES
 Stem arid, cylindrical, fern like stiff glossy.
 It is very attractive and common.
 t is planted in big lawn as a specimen.

• SCIENTIFIC NAME - Oreodoxa regia
• FAMILY - Palmae
• HABIT - large growing palm
• FEATURES -
• It is beauty in rigid swollen stem, usually barrel shape of, which
half top is smooth green & basal half is of ash color with having
marks of old leaves.

Botanical name:
Delonix regia
Common name:
Flambouyant tree/
Flame of the forest
Family:Leguminosae/
Fabaceae
Mode of propagation:
seeds
Uses:
Flowering tree

Botanical name:
Ixora hybrids
Common name:
Dwarf Ixora
Family: Rubiaceae
stem cuttings
Uses:
hedge plant

Botanical name:
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
Common name:
Family: Palmae
Mode of propagation: seed
Uses:
potted plant

Botanical name:
Roystonia regia
Common name:
Royal palm
Family: Palmae
seeds
Uses:
spot plant
avenue plant
pot plant

Botanical name:
Cassia fistula
Common name:
Golden flower tree
Family: Leguminosae/
Fabaceae
seeds
Uses:
avenue plant
flowering tree

Botanical name:
Portulaca grandiflora
Common name:
Rose moss
Family: Portulaceae
stem cutting
Uses:
bedding plant

Botanical name:
Anthurium
andraeanum
Common name:
Famingo flower/Tail
flower
Family:Araceae
plantlets
Uses:
cut flower
potted plant

Botanical name:
Rhoeo discolor
Common name:
Moses in the cradle
Family:Bromiliaceae
plantlets/suckers
Uses:
bedding plant

Botanical name:
(a)Sansevieria trifasciata
laurentii
(b)Sansevieria trifasciata
Common name:
snake plant/ mother-in-
law tongue
Family:Liliaceae
plantlets/sucker
Uses:
potted plant
b
a

Botanical name:
Aglaonema modestum
Common name:
Chinese evergreen
Family: Araceae
Plantlets/suckers
Uses:
potted plant

Botanical name:
Dieffenbachia amoena
Common name:
Dumb cane, Tropic snow
Family:Araceae
cane/stem cutting
Uses:
Spot plant
potted plant

Botanical name:
Ravenala madagascriensis
Common name:
Traveller’s palm
Family:Strelitziaceae
suckers
Uses:
spot plant
avenue plant

Botanical name:
Monstera deliciosa
Common name:
Swiss cheese plant
Family:
vine cutting
Uses:
potted plant

(a)
Botanical name:
(a)Codiaeum variegatum
pictum
(b)Codiaeum variegatum
Common name: Croton
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Stem cutting
Uses:
hedge plant,
spot/focal,
potted plant
(b)

Botanical name: (a)Cycas
circinalis
(b)Cycas
revoluta
Common name: Sago palm
Family:Palmae
plantlets
Uses: spot plant/ potted
plant
(a)
(b)

Botanical name:
Thevethia peruviana
Common name:
Milk bush
Family: Apocynaceae
Uses:
hedge plant,
flowering shrub

Botanical name:
Ficus benjamina
Common name:
Weeping fig
Family: Moraceae
stem cutting
Uses:
Shade tree,
potted plant,
avenue plant

Botanical name:
Plumeria rubra
Plumeria acutifolia
Common name:
Frangipanii
Family: Apocynaceae
stem cutting
Uses:
spot plant

Botanical name:
Ficus elastica
Common name:
Rubber plant
Family: Moraceae
stem cutting
Uses:
shade tree,
potted plant

Botanical name:
Mussaenda philippica
Common name:
Queen of the Philippines
Family: Rubiaceae
stem cutting
Uses:
spot plant

Botanical name:
Noto panacs
Common name:
Family:
stem cutting
Uses:
potted plant,
hedge plant

Botanical name:
Dracaena fragrans
Common name:
Drago palm, Dracaena
Family: Agavaceae
stem cutting
Uses:
Potted plant

Botanical name:
Allamanda cathartica
Common name:
Yellow allamanda
Family: Apocynaceae
stem cutting
Uses:
hedge plant,
flowering climber

Botanical name:
Duranta repens;
D.erecta
Common name:
Yellow bush
Family:Verbanaceae
stem cutting
Uses:
hedge plant

Botanical name:
Cassia corymbosa
Common name:
Flowery senna
Family:
Leguminosae/Fabaceae
seed
Uses:
spot plant
flowering shrub

Botanical name:
Acalypha wilkesiana
Common name:
copper leaf acalypha
Family: Euphobiaceae
stem cutting
Uses:
hedge plant

Botanical name:
Thuja occidentalis
Common name:
Red cedar
Family: Cupressaceae
Stem cutting
Uses:
spot plant
Hedges potted plant

Botanical name:
Bougainvillea glabra
Common name:
Bougainvillea
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Stem cuttings
Uses: Flowering
climbers for covering
trellies, pergollas,
fences
Spot plant

Botanical name:
Caryota mitis
Common name: Fishtail
palm
Family: Palmae
seeds
Uses:
Focal plant
Avenue planting
Potted plant

Botanical name:
Samanea saman
Common name:
Rain tree
Family: Leguminosae/
Mimosoideae
Stem cutting
Uses:
avenue tree/
shade tree

Botanical name: Polyalthia
longifolia
Common name: Ashoka,
Police, Masquerade tree
Family: Annonaceae
Uses: spot plant/ avenue plant

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