R E T Gardens

Garden of threatened plants(RET Garden)

Western Ghats comprise of more than 5,000 species of flowering plants. Among them about 2,000 species are endemic to this region and 1/3rd of endemic species are under threat due to various reasons.
An attempt has been made to conserve some of such threatened plants at Pilikula. A separate garden was established in Pilikula Nisarga Dhama to conserve the threatened plants of Western Ghats adjacent to the existing Arboretum. About 600 saplings belonging to 25 species have been planted in the garden.

List of Plant Species Planted in the Garden.

Sl.No

Species

Family

Common name

1

 Alangium salvifolium Wang.

Alangiaceae

Ankole

2

Adenia hondala Gaertn.*

Passifloraceae

-

3

Artocarpus hirsutus Lam.*

Moraceae

Hebbalasu, Peja

4

Blepharistemma membranifolia (Miq) Ding Hou.*

Rhizophoraceae

-

5

Calophyllum apetalumWilld.*

Guttiferae

HoLe honne

6

Dipterocarpus indicus Bedd.*

Dipterocarpaceae

Dhuma dhupa

7

Erinocarpus nimmoni J.Grah.*

Tiliaceae

Kaadu bende

8

Garcinia gummigutta(L) N. Robson*

Guttiferae

Manthu huli

9

Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy*

Guttiferae

Punarpuli

10

Gymnacranthera farquhariana (J.Hk. & Thoms.) Warb.*

Myristicaeae

Pindi mara

11

Holigarna grahamii (Wt) Kurz.*

Anacardiaceae

Male chere

12

Hopea canarensis Hole.*

Dipterocarpaceae

-

13

Hydnocarpus pentandra(Buch-Ham) Oken.*

Flacourtiaceae

Surente

14

Kingiodendron pinnatum (DC) Harms.*

Fabaceae

ENNe mara

15

Kunstlaria keralensis C.N. Mohanan &Nair

Fabaceae

-

16

Madhuka insignis(Radlk.) H.J.Lam.*

Sapotaceae

NaaNil

17

Myristica fatua  Houtt. var: magnifica (Bedd) Sinclair*

Myristicaeae

Doddele Ramapathre

18

Myristica malabarica Lam. *

Myristicaeae

Ramapathre

19

Otonephelium stipulaceum(Bedd.)Radlk.*

Sapindaceae

-

20

Paracautleya bhatii R.M. Sm.*

Zingiberaceae

-

21

Poeciloneuron indicum Bedd.

Guttiferae

BaLiga

22

Spatholobus purpureus Prain.

Fabaceae

-

23

Syzigium travancoricum Gamb.*

Myrtaceae

Neer Kukku

24

Vateria indica L.*

Dipterocarpaceae

GaNapathi Kayi

25

Ventilago bombaiensis Dalz.*

Rhamnaceae

-