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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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  • Amala

    Phyllanthus emblica

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

    Regions
    Terai · Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills
    Elevation
    100–1500 m
    Flowers in
    March, April

    Doing okay

  • Chir Pine

    Pinus roxburghii

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

    Regions
    Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills
    Elevation
    500–2000 m
    Flowers in
    February, March, April

    Doing okay

  • Himalayan Yew

    Taxus wallichiana

    A slow, dark mountain tree whose bark contains a medicine used to treat cancer. That discovery nearly wiped it out.

    Regions
    High Mountains · High Himal & Trans-Himalaya
    Elevation
    2300–3400 m
    Flowers in
    April, May

    In real danger

  • Lali Gurans

    Rhododendron arboreum

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

    Regions
    Middle Hills · High Mountains
    Elevation
    1400–3600 m
    Flowers in
    March, April, May

    Doing okay

  • Peepal

    Ficus religiosa

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

    Regions
    Terai · Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills
    Elevation
    60–1500 m
    Flowers in
    April, May

    Doing okay

  • Sal

    Shorea robusta

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

    Regions
    Terai · Siwalik (Chure)
    Elevation
    100–1200 m
    Flowers in
    March, April

    Doing okay

  • Sissoo

    Dalbergia sissoo

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

    Regions
    Terai · Siwalik (Chure)
    Elevation
    60–900 m
    Flowers in
    March, April

    Doing okay

  • Timur

    Zanthoxylum armatum

    A thorny shrub whose peppery seed makes your tongue tingle and go slightly numb. Nepali pickle would be lost without it.

    Regions
    Middle Hills
    Elevation
    1100–2500 m
    Flowers in
    March, April

    Doing okay