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.
Doing okay
Contents
Plants of Nepal
Ecosystem
Climate change
Environment-friendly behaviour
Plants
Find a plant
Tap a place on the map, or use the buttons below.
Kaski
- Terai60–300 m
- Siwalik (Chure)300–1000 m
- Middle Hills1000–2500 m
- High Mountains2500–4000 m
- High Himal & Trans-Himalaya4000–8848 m
Districts — Kaski
Koshi
Bagmati
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
Terai · Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills
Not a tree at all — bamboo is a giant grass, and one of the fastest growing plants on Earth.
Doing okay
Pinus roxburghii
Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills
The pine of the middle hills, with long needles and sticky resin that smells sharp and sweet.
Doing okay
Betula utilis
High Mountains · High Himal & Trans-Himalaya
The last tree you meet before the mountain becomes rock and snow. Ancient books were written on its papery bark.
Doing okay
Juniperus indica
High Mountains · High Himal & Trans-Himalaya
A low, tough shrub burned as incense in mountain homes and monasteries. Its smoke smells like cold clean air.
Doing okay
Rhododendron arboreum
Middle Hills · High Mountains
Nepal’s national flower. When the hills turn red in spring, this is the tree doing it.
Doing okay
Alnus nepalensis
Middle Hills
The tree that repairs broken land. Alder is usually the first thing to grow back on a landslide scar.
Doing okay
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.
Doing okay
Rhododendron anthopogon
High Himal & Trans-Himalaya
A tiny cousin of the gurans that grows above the treeline, in cushions low enough to hide from the wind.
Doing okay
Zanthoxylum armatum
Middle Hills
A thorny shrub whose peppery seed makes your tongue tingle and go slightly numb. Nepali pickle would be lost without it.
Doing okay