Digital Herbarium of Crop Plants
Establishment of Digital Herbarium and Herbal museum for Crop plant by Department of Crop Botany, BSMRAU
Chandan Scientific name: Santalum album Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist Kingdom: Plantae Phyllum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Santalales Family: Santalaceae Genus: Santalum Species: album Botanical Description Habit: A small evergreen glabrous tree, up to 6-15 m in height, bark rough, cracked, with narrow horizontal fissures. Leaves: Leaves 22-31 x 7-11 mm, opposite to subopposite, coriaceous, brittle, elliptic, ovate, apex acute […]
Read moreBohera Kingdom: Plantae Phyllum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Myrtales Family: Combretaceae Genus: Terminalia Species: Terminalia belerica Botanical Description Habit: A deciduous tree, 30-40 m tall and 1-2 m in girth, with large spreading head and buttresses, bark thick, blackish, longitudinally fissured and cracked. Leaves: Leaves 6-16 x 5.0-10.5 cm, a broadly obovate-elliptic to obovate-oblong,sometimes narrowly oblanceolate, papyraceous to coriaceous, […]
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Star fruit Scientific name : Averrhoa carambola L. Local name: ‘Kamranga’ Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Oxalidales Family : Oxalidaceae Genus : Averrhoa Species : A. carambola Botanical Description Habit: perennial tree Root: tap root system Stem: […]
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Bilimbi Scientific name : Averrhoa bilimbi L. Local name: ‘Bilimbi’ Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Oxalidales Family : Oxalidaceae Genus : Averrhoa Species : A. bilimbi Botanical Description of Bilimbi Habit: perennial tree Root: tap root system Stem: a small or medium-sized […]
Read moreMalay Rose Apple Scientific name : Syzygium malaccens (L.) Merr. Local name: Jamrul Taxonomic position (According to Cronquist) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Myrtales Family : Myrtaceae Genus : Syzygium Species : malaccens Botanical Description (brief) Habit: perennial tree Root: tap root system Stem: a small or medium-sized ever green tree Leaf: […]
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Rose Apple Scientific name : Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston in Trimen Local name: ‘Gulup-jam’ Taxonomic position (According to Cronquist, 1981) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Myrtales Family : Myrtaceae Genus : Syzygium Species : jambos Botanical Description Habit: perennial tree Root: tap root system Stem: a small or […]
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Water Apple Scientific name : Syzygium aqueum (Burm. F.) Altson Taxonomic Position (According to Cronquist, 1981) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Myrtales Family : Myrtaceae Genus : Syzygium Species : S. aqueum Botanical Description of Water Apple Habit: perennial tree Root: tap root system Stem: a […]
Read moreWax Jambu Scientific name : Syzygium samarangense Local name: ‘Jamrul’ Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (19810 Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Myrtales Family : Myrtaceae Genus : Syzygium Species : samarangense Botanical Description Wax Jambu Habit: perennial tree Root: tap root system Stem: a moderate-sized tree Leaf: simple, elliptic-oblong Inflorescence: solitary […]
Read morePeach Scientific name: Prunus persica Taxonomic Position of Peach According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom :Plantae Division :Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass :Rosidae Order :Rosales Family :Rosaceae Genus : Prunus Species : P. persica Botanical Description of Peach Habit: Medium sized-tree. Root: Tap root system Leaf: Alternate, simple, lanceolate Inflorescence: Solitary Flower: Complete, hermaphrodite. Calyx: Sepal 5 Corolla: Petal 5 Androecium: […]
Read moreFamily: Rhamnaceae The Buckthorn Family Taxonomic Position (according to Cronquist) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class : Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Rhamnales Family : Rhamnaceae It is widely distributed in the drier part of tropical Africa and Asia. In Bangladesh and India the family is found throughout the country. Botanical Description of the Family Habit: Tree […]
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