Flora of Bangladesh

Bon shupari or F ishtail palm   ( Caryota urens , family: Arecaceae) is a straight trunked monocarpic palm tree attaining a height of 12 m. The plant is native to the hilly areas of South and Southeast Asia. In Bangladesh, it is found in the forest of Sylhet. It is cultivated as an ornamental and houseplant tree (when smaller) in Bangladesh, as well as the tropical and sub-tropical world.  Common names: Bon shupari, Chao-gota, Golshagu, Sago, Chaur, F ishtail palm, Jaggery palm The  one-seeded  fruit is a drupe, 1 cm, reddish or purple-colored.  From the axil of each giant leaf, about 3 m long hanging inflorescence is grown.  Flowers are  numerous, white in color, unisexual. The bipinnate and  triangular  shaped  leaves are deep green in color. The genus name of the species 'urens' is derived from the presence of stinging chemicals in the fruit. 

Neem ( Azadirachta indica , family: Meliaceae)  is a hardy quick growing and much branched deciduous tree with grey, vertically fissured, rough bark. The nice looking tree is native to the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar.  It can reach a height 30-40 m.  Common names: Neem, Margosa tree, Indian Lilac. Leaves are impair-pinnate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, serrate marginated, oblique at the base, glabrous, acute at apex. Its nice looking blood-red new leaves appear in the summer. Flowers are small, white and sweet scented in axillary bunch of panicles. Flower blooms in March-April. Neem tree is andromonoecious. Neem is very important medicinal plant. Its leaves are antiseptic and antipuritic, hence very effective in scabies, itching and other skin diseases. Brnnches are used as brushes of teeth and cure gum diseases. Recently birth control pills have been made from its seeds. P ropagated of the plant is caused by seeds. The fruit ...