Besides giving us
flowers, fruits, medicines, gums, resins and timber, trees act as the lungs of
the earth. They also help to conserve topsoil and provide habitat for so many
birds and animals.
The following are
some of the important facts about trees that everyone should know-
1) The Buddha
attained enlightenment under the tree called Bodhi tree.
2) A specimen of
Banyan tree in Kolkata has a conopy covering four acres.
3) Lord Krishna
used to play his flute under the tree called Kadam.
4) Mango is known
as the king of fruits.
5) Furniture made
up of the wood of teak tree is highly priced.
6) Sal is famous
for termite resistant wood.
7) Trunk of this thorny
desert tree Babul, gives us gums.
8) Eucalyptus is a
tall roadside tree from which an aromatic oil is extracted.
9) Tamarind is also
known as huricane-resistant tree.
10) Neem is a tall
roadside tree whose leaves have antiseptic properties.
11) Coconut trees
gives us copra.
12) Sita was imprisoned
in a grove of Ashoka tree.
13) Pine are the
mountain trees which have leaves like needles.
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