List of trees of the Andaman Islands

Checklist of the trees of the Andaman Islands

The following is a list of the principal trees found in the Andaman Islands with - where available - native names:

Albizzia

• Albizzia lebbek

Areca

• Areca laxa

Barringtonia

• Barringtonia racemosa

Bombax

• Bombax ceiba

Cartoya

• Caryota sobolifera

Celtis

• Celtis cinnamonea

Ceriops

• Ceriops sandoleana

Dillenia

• Dillenia pilosa

Diospyros

• Diospyros densiflora
• Diospyros kurzii

Dipterocarpus

• Dipterocarpus alatus
• Dipterocarpus laevis

Entada

• Entada pursoetha

Guettarda

• Guettarda speciosa

Leea

• Leea sambucina

Goniothalamus

• Goniothalamus griffithii

Melochina

• Melochina velutina

Mimusops

• Mimusops indica

Myristica

• Myristica irya (Horsfieldia irya)
• Myristica longifolia (Knema linifolia)- jaiphal

Natsatium

• Natsatium herpestes

Paratrophia

• Paratrophia venulosa

Planchonia

• Planchonia valida

Pterocarpus

• Pterocarpus dalbergioides

Ptychosperma

• Ptychosperma kuhlii

Rhizospora

• Rhizospora conjgata

Semecarpus

• Semecarpus anacardii

Sometia

• Sometia tomentosa

Strychnos

• Strychnos nux vomica

Sterculia

• Sterculia villosa

Terminalia

• Terminalia bialata
• Terminalia citrina
• Terminalia procera

Trigonostemon

• Trigonostemon longifolius

See also

• Flora of the Indian epic period