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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.

    Doing okay

  • 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

  • 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