Scientific Names of Common Plants - General Knowledge

Binomial nomenclature is the system of giving each plant a scientific name consisting of two parts. The first is the generic name that desiginates the genus --- a group of related species. The generic name is capitalized, underlined, or written in italics.

Genera are grouped into families, families into orders, and on up the hierarchial levels of classification. Each level of this clasification includes plants with many characteristics in common. So plant classification is in a very meaningful and useful system.

Scientific Names of Trees in India
Erythrina Indica	Indian Coral Tree
Acacia arabica	Black catechu (Babhul)
Acacia catechu	Black catechu
Achras sapota	Chiku
Ananas comosus	Pineapple
Annona squamosa	Custard Apple (Sitaphal)
Anthocephalus indicus	Kadamb
Artocarpus integra	Jack fruit
Azadirachata indica	Neem Tree
Bambusa dendrocalmus	Bamboo
Bauhinia purpurea	Mountain Ebony/Purple orchid tree (Kachnar)
Butea monosperma Kuntze	Flame of the forest (Palash)
Carica papaya	Papaya
Cassia Fistula Linn	Indian Labernum
Delonix regia Rafin	Royal poinciana/Peacock Flower (Gulmohar)
Emblica officinalis	Indian Gooseberry (Amla)
Ficus benghalensis	Banyan
Ficus religiosa Linn.	Peepal
Grevillea robusta	Silver Oak
Jacaranda mimosaefolia	Jacaranda (Nili Gulmohar)
Mangifera indica	Mango Tree
Moringa oleifera	Horse Radish/Drumstick tree
Ocimum tenuiflorum	Basil (Tulsi)
Peltophorum pterocarpum Becker	Copper Pod
Psidium guajava	Guava
Punica granatum	Pomegranate
Tamarindus indica	Tamarind tree
Tectona grandis Linn.	Teak