Chennai Trees

Adieu, my friends - (April 19^th, 2004)
Prof Rao is done with writing about the common and uncommon trees...

The Not-So-Common Trees: Mahagoni tree - (April 12^th, 2004)
The mahagoni makes for good timber and can be seen in good numbers in a bungalow...

The Not-So-Common Trees: White silk cotton tree - (April 5^th, 2004)
The ilavampanju is a tree that yields good stuffing for pillows and mattresses...

The Not-So-Common Trees: Dhudi - (March 29^th, 2004)
A drop from the sap of vepalai stops curdling...

The Not-So-Common Trees: The Arjun tree - (March 22^nd, 2004)
Rama is supposed to have asked the tree about his missing wife as she loved it...

The Not-So-Common Trees: Muchkund Tree - (March 15^th, 2004)
The tada tree has winged seeds that get released from the fruit in a burst...

The Not-So-Common Trees: Teak Timber! - (March 8^th, 2004)
Parts of the teak trees make for good medicnie...

The Not-So-Common Trees - Wild almond - (March 1^st, 2004)
The wild almond flowers set off a bad odour...

The Not-So-Common Trees - II - (Feb 23^rd, 2004)
The ebony's leaves are themselves beautiful…

The Not-So-Common Trees  - I - (Feb 16^th, 2004)
The baobab is a very queer tree…

Protein powerhouse - (Feb 9^th, 2004)
Murungakkai is a fruit used as a vegetable…

Fruit-Bearing Trees: Pomegranate - (Feb 2^nd, 2004)
The pomegranate can never be seedless…

Fruit-bearing Trees - Wood apple - (Jan 26^th, 2004)
Rao grapples with the gigantic question of why wood apple is also called elephant apple…

Citrus fruits - (Jan 19^th, 2004)
Fruits from the Citrus family not only energise, but also have many medicinal qualities, says Prof. Rao...

It's a fruit - (Jan 12^th, 2004)
The cashew is a false fruit as the kidney-shaped nut is the fruit, says Rao...

Fruit with many features - (Jan 5^th, 2004)
The jack tree has many peculiar features...