
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
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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.
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
Taxus wallichiana
High Mountains · High Himal & Trans-Himalaya
A slow, dark mountain tree whose bark contains a medicine used to treat cancer. That discovery nearly wiped it out.
In real danger
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