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Contents
  1. Plants of Nepal
    1. 01Browse every plant
    2. 02The five regions
    3. 03Districts Flora
  2. Ecosystem
    1. 01Types of Ecosystem
  3. Climate change
    1. 01What is changing
    2. 02What is Climate Change?
  4. Environment-friendly behaviour
    1. 01Things you can do

Plants

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  • Phyllanthus emblica

    Terai · Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills

    A small sour fruit packed with more vitamin C than an orange. Eat one and the next sip of water tastes sweet.

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  • Pinus roxburghii

    Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills

    The pine of the middle hills, with long needles and sticky resin that smells sharp and sweet.

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  • Senegalia catechu

    Terai · Siwalik (Chure)

    A thorny tree of dry riverbeds. Its heartwood is boiled down to make katha, the brown paste used in paan.

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  • Rhododendron arboreum

    Middle Hills · High Mountains

    Nepal’s national flower. When the hills turn red in spring, this is the tree doing it.

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  • Alnus nepalensis

    Middle Hills

    The tree that repairs broken land. Alder is usually the first thing to grow back on a landslide scar.

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  • Ficus religiosa

    Terai · Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills

    The tree with heart-shaped leaves that whisper in the smallest breeze. Almost every Nepali village square has one.

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  • Shorea robusta

    Terai · Siwalik (Chure)

    The great tree of the Terai forests. Its timber is so strong that Nepali houses built from it stand for a hundred years.

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  • Bombax ceiba

    Terai · Siwalik (Chure)

    In late winter the simal drops every leaf and covers itself in huge red flowers instead. Birds come from everywhere to drink.

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  • Dalbergia sissoo

    Terai · Siwalik (Chure)

    A fast riverside tree of the Terai, planted along roads for shade and prized for furniture wood.

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