Green Treasure of Vijaya College
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GREEN TREASURE OF VIJAYA COLLEGE (pLANT DIVERSITY on Vijaya college campus) Vijaya college campus has diverse plant forms. They include Trees, herbs and shrubs. There are about 196 trees of 32 types. Herbs & shrubs are smaller plants and there are about 460 herbs & shrubs which are of ornamental varieties . There are 32 types of foliage plants and 16 types of flowering plants. In all there are about 656 trees and ornamental plants on the campus contributing to the green treasure of Vijaya College. All the plants are identified with their common name, botanical name, botanical family and origin. Identification tags with these details are also fixed to the plants . This work was taken up and completed by a group of 2019-20 batch final BSc CBZ students -Shrushti S, Rakshith R, Yathish NM, Shubham Mishra and Tejasvini S, under the guidance of Prof.KS Shailaja, Dept of Botany & Mr.Viswanath, Asst. Director, Dept.of Horticulture, Govt. of Karnataka and facilitated by Prof.H S Balakrishna, Principal, Vijaya College. The plant diversity on the campus is detailed below. Trees 1)Thurayi vruksha 2) Godduichalu Juniper procera Cycas revoluta Family: Cupressaceae Family :Cycadaceae Origin: South America Origin: Tropical Asia 3) Captain cook’s pine 4) Coconut /Thengu Araucaria cookie Cocos nucifera (L) Family: Araucariaceae Family:Arecaeae Origin: New Caladonea Origin: Srilanka 5)Golden cane 6) Pigmy date palm palm/Areca palm Phoenix roebelenii Dypsis lutescens (L) Family: Arecaceae Family :Arecaceae Origin: Soudi Arabia origin: South America 7) Srigandha/Sandal 8)Neem/Bevu wood Azadirachta indica (L) Santalum album (L) Family:Meliaceae Family: Santalaceae Origin: India Origin: India 9)African tuliptree 10)Indian beech/Honge Spathodea Pongamia pinnata(L) campanuluta Family:Fabaceae Family: Bignoniaceae Origin: India 11)Indian fig 12)Guava/ sibe/perala Ficus racemosa Psidium guajava (L) Family: Moraceae Family: Myrtaceae Origin: India Origin: South America 13) Sampige/Champaka 14)Madras Ashoka Magnolia champaka (L) Polyalthia longifolia(sonn) Family: Magnoliaceae Family: Annonaceae Origin: India Origin: India 15)Java plum/Black 16)Peepal tree plum Ficus religiosa Syzygium cumini(L) Family: Moraceae Family: Myrtaceae Origin: India Origin: India 17)Shivani tree/White 18)Bell flower teak Tabebuia rosea Gmelina arborea Family: Bignoniaceae Family: Verbenaceae Origin: South America Origin: India 19) False Gasagase 20) Silver oak /Singapur cherry Grevillea robusta (L) Muntingia calabura(L) Family: Proteaceae Family: Sterculiaceae Origin: Australia Origin: India 21)Markhamia lutea 22)Tababuia argentea Family: Bignoniaceae Family : Bignoniaceae Origin: India Origin :South America 23) Country gooseberry 24) Mullumutthala Phyllanthus acidus Aphanamyx polystachys Family: Euphorbiaceae Family: Meliaceae Origin: Brazil Origin: India 25) Atthimara/ 26) Palashmara basrimara Butea monosperma Ficus virens Family: Fabaceae Family: Moraceae Origin: India Origin: India 27) Bell flower 28) False Almond Tecoma stans Terminalia catappa Family: Bignoniaceae Family: Combretaceae Origin: America Origin: India 29) Sitaphala/ custard 30) Arbutus menziesii apple Family: Ericaceae Annona squamosa L Origin: North America Family :Annonaceae Origin:South America 31) Copper pod 32) Butter fruit Peltophorum Persea americana ferruginia(L) Family: Lauraceae Family: Fabaceae Origin: South Mexico Origin: Australia Foliage ornamental plants 1) Duranta 2) Moses- in-the-cradle Durantha goldiana (L) Rhoeo discolour Family :Verbenaceae Family: Commelinaceae Origin: India Origin: Australia 3) Smoke bush 4) Corn stalk plant Euphorbia cotnifolia (L) Dracaena fragrans (L) Family: Euphorbiaceae Family : Liliaceae Origin:Australia Origin: Africa 5) Dracaena variegata 6) Song of india Family: Liliaceae Dracaena reflexa(L) Origin: Australia Family: Liliaceae Origin: Madagascar 7) Dragon tree 8) Butterfly plant Dracaena coloroma Syngonium Family: Liliaceae macrophylla(L) Origin: Australia Family: Araceae Origin: India 9) Kesavadanthu 10) Philodendron sp Colocasia sp Family: Araceae Family: Araceae Origin: Africa Origin: India 11) Philodendron Sp 12) Winterbourn Family: Araceae Philodendron Xanadu Origin: India Family: Araceae Origin: Brazil 13) Copper plant 14) Acalypha rosea Acalypha wilkesiana Family :Euphorbiaceae Family: Euphorbiaceae Origin :India Origin: India 15) Croton 16) Croton Codiaeum variegatum(L) Codiaeum variegatum (L) Family: Euphorbaceae Family: Euphorbiaceae Origin: Australia Origin: Australia 17) Croton 18) Chinese evergreen Codiaeum Aglonema commutatum variegatum(L) Family: Araceae Family: Euphorbaceae Origin: Australia Origin: Australia 19) Doddapatre 20) Bhoothale Coleus aromaticus Schefflera arboricola Family: Lamiaceae Family: Araliaceae Origin: India Origin: Australia 21) Good luck plant 22) Ti plant Cordyline terminalis Cordyline fruticosa Family: Liliaceae Family :Liliaceae Origin: Africa Origin :Africa 23) Dinnerplate-aralia 24) Starlight Polyscias scutellaria Ficus benjamina Family: Araliaceae Family :Moraceae Origin: India Origin :Java 25) Butcher’s broom 26) Weeping Fig Ruscus aculeatus Ficus benjamina Family :Asparagaceae Family: Moraceae Origin : Eurasia Origin: Java 27) European fan palm 28) Lemon Chamaerops humilis(L) Citrus limon (L) Family :Arecaceae Family: Rutaceae Origin : Europe Origin : South Asia 29) Polypodium 30) Hibiscus rosa- cambricum (L) sinensis.(L) Family: Polypodiaceae Family: Malvaceae Origin: Australia Origin : India 31) Wonder plant/ 32) Blushing philodendron Amrutha balli Philodendron erubescens Tinospora cordifolia (L) Family : Araceae Family: Origin : Colombia Menispermacaeae Origin : India Flowering ornamental plants 1) Traveller’s joy 2) Kasi kanagale Clematis gouriana(L) Catharanthus roseus.(L) Family: Ranunculaceae Family: Apocynaceae Origin: Australia Origin: Peru/South America 3) Indian rose 4) China rose Rosa centifolia (L) Rosa chinensis Family: Rosaceae Family: Rosaceae Origin : India Origin : China 5) Nagadali 6) Football lilly Ruta graveulens(L) Haemanthus multiflower Family: Rutaceae Family:Amaryllidaceae Origin: India Origin: Africa 7) Kabale/ 8) Hamelia patens Canna indica (L) Family: Rubiaceae Family:Cannaceae Origin: South America Origin:India 9) Spiny shrubs 10) Kepala Euphorbia milii Ixora cociinea.(L) Family:Euphorbiaceae Family:Rubiaceae Origin:Australia Origin: India 11) Hibiscus rosa- 12) Pinwheel flower sinensis(L) Tabernaemontana divaricata Family: Malvaceae Family: Apocynaceae Origin :India Origin :India 13) Oleander 14) Crotalaria juncea (L) Nerium indicum Family: Fabaceae Family :Apocynaceae Origin :India Origin : Southern Asia 15) Purple allamanda 16) Milk weed Allamanda blanchetti Calotropis procera Family :Apocynaceae Family: Asclepiadaceae Origin :South America Origin :Afro-Asia .