List of Plant species that are found in Bangladesh:
Table 1. Vertebrate fauna of Bangladesh
|
Group |
Total no. of living species |
Total |
|
|
Fishes |
266 (fresh-water & brakish water) |
442 (marine) |
708 |
|
Amphibians |
22 (inland) |
- |
22 |
|
Reptiles |
109 (inland) |
17 (marine) |
126 |
|
Birds |
388 (resident) |
240 (migratory) |
628 |
|
Mammals |
110 (inland) |
3 (marine) |
113 |
|
Total |
895 |
702 |
1597 |
Table 2. Number of different types of plants observed during the study period
|
Type |
Number of species |
|
Tree |
50 |
|
Shrub |
27 |
|
Herb |
15 |
|
Climber |
5 |
|
Creeper |
9 |
|
Bamboo |
7 |
|
Grass |
9 |
|
Epiphyte |
1 |
|
Cultivated Crop |
24 |
|
Freshwater plant |
7 |
|
Algae, fungi and Fern |
6 (4+1+1) |
|
Total |
160 |
Table 3. Trees
Sl no. |
Local name |
English name |
Scientific name |
No. of
|
Nature* |
Uses |
|
|
1 |
Am |
Mango |
Mangifera indica |
109 |
D |
|
Fruit and Fuel wood |
|
2 |
Kalo Jaam |
Indian Black Berry/ Black Plum |
Syzygium cumini |
25 |
D |
W |
Fruit, timber, medicine and fuelwood |
|
3 |
Rhendi Koroi |
|
Albizzia lucida |
208 |
D |
|
Timber |
|
4 |
Shil Koroi |
White Siris |
Albizzia procera |
6 |
D |
|
Timber |
|
5 |
Kali Koroi |
Black Siris |
Albizzia lebbek |
2 |
D |
|
Timber |
|
6 |
Boroi/Kul |
Indian Jujube / Indian Plum |
Zizyphus jujuba |
127 |
|
W |
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
7 |
Sharifa/Ata |
Custard Apple/ Sugar Apple |
Annona squamosa |
12 |
D |
|
Fruit, medicine and fuelwood |
|
8 |
Piyara/Gaya |
Guava |
Psidium guayava |
124 |
D |
W |
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
9 |
Narikel/Daab |
Coconut Palm |
Cocos nucifera |
102 |
D |
|
Fruit, oil, medicine and broom |
|
10 |
Bel |
Bael/Golden Apple |
Aegle marmelos |
20 |
D |
|
Fruit, medicine and fuelwood |
|
11 |
Mehagani |
Mahogany |
Swietenia mahagoni |
88 |
D |
|
Timber |
|
12 |
Eucalyptus |
Lemon-scented |
Eucalyptus Eucalyptus sp. |
42 |
D |
|
Timber and medicine |
|
13 |
Kadam |
- |
Anthocephalas indicus |
26 |
|
W |
Fuelwood |
|
14 |
Hijal |
Indian Oak |
Barringtonia acutangula |
62 |
|
W |
Fuelwood and medicine |
|
15 |
Debdaru |
Indian Fir/Debdar |
Polyalthia longifolia |
26 |
D |
|
Medicine and fuelwood |
|
16 |
Jamrul |
Wax Jambu/Jamrool |
Syzygium samarangense |
24 |
D |
|
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
17 |
Tentul |
Tamarind |
Tamarindus indica |
18 |
|
W |
Fruit, medicine and fuelwood |
|
18 |
Safeda |
Sapodilla Plum/ Sapota Plum |
Manilkara achras |
8 |
D |
|
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
19 |
Dalim |
Pomegranate |
Punica granatum |
8 |
D |
|
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
20 |
Aamrah |
Hog Plum |
Spondias pinnata |
8 |
D |
|
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
21 |
Shegun |
Teak |
Tectona grandis |
4 |
D |
|
Timber |
|
22 |
Kanthal |
Jack Tree |
Artocarpus heterophyllus |
85 |
D |
|
Fruit, timber and fuelwood |
|
23 |
Sisookath |
Sissoo/Red Wood |
Dalbergia sisoo |
12 |
D |
|
Timber and medicine |
|
24 |
Arjun |
White Murdah |
Terminalia arjuna |
2 |
D |
|
Medicine and fuelwood |
|
25 |
Amlaki |
Embelic Myrabolam |
Phyllanthus embelica |
5 |
D |
|
Source of fruit and fuelwood |
|
26 |
Jalpai |
Olive |
Elaeocarpus robustus |
4 |
D |
|
Fruit, timber and fuelwood |
|
27 |
Lichu |
Litchi |
Litchi chinensis |
4 |
D |
|
Fruit, medicine.and fuelwood |
|
28 |
Kadbel |
Wood Apple/ Elephant Apple /Monkey fruit |
Feronia limonia |
15 |
D |
|
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
29 |
Deshigab |
River Ebony |
Diospyros peregrina |
10 |
D |
|
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
30 |
Bilatigab |
Mabola/Velvet Apple |
Diospyros philipensus |
6 |
D |
|
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
31 |
Nim |
Indian Lilac/Neem Tree |
Azadirachta indica |
18 |
D |
|
Medicine and fuelwood |
|
32 |
Deua |
Monkey Jack |
Artocarpus lacucha |
4 |
D |
|
Medicine, fruit and fuelwood |
|
33 |
Dumur |
Fig |
Ficus hispida |
138 |
|
W |
Food and fuelwood |
|
34 |
Simul |
Kapoke Tree |
Bombax ceiba |
2 |
D |
|
Medicine, cotton and fuelwood |
|
35 |
Akashmoni |
Acacia |
Acacia sp. |
12 |
D |
|
Timber |
|
36 |
Chalta |
Elephant Apple |
Dillenia indica |
35 |
D |
|
Fruit, medicine and fuelwood |
|
37 |
Jambura |
Pumelo |
Citrus grandis |
20 |
D |
|
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
38 |
Katamandar |
Indian Coral Tree |
Erythrina ovalifolia |
18 |
|
W |
Medicine and fuelwood |
|
39 |
Ruial |
Star-gooseberry |
Phyllanthus acidus |
5 |
D |
|
Fruit and fuelwood. |
|
40 |
Khejur |
Date Palm |
Phoenix sylvestris |
8 |
D |
W |
Medicine, fruit and juice |
|
41 |
Apel |
Apple |
Pyrus mallus |
2 |
D |
|
Fruit |
|
42 |
Kamala |
Orange |
Citrus chrysocarpa |
2 |
D |
|
Fruit |
|
43 |
Kafila |
|
Lannea coramandelica |
125 |
D |
|
Fuelwood |
|
44 |
Katgolap |
Pagoda Tree/ Jasmine Tree |
Plumeria acuminata |
1 |
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
45 |
Shaorha |
Siamese Roughbush |
Streblus asper |
65 |
|
W |
Fuelwood |
|
46 |
Supari |
Betel Nut/Areca Nut |
Areca catechu |
11 |
D |
|
Fruit |
|
47 |
Petijam/Banjam |
Black Berry |
Syzygium fruticosum |
95 |
|
W |
Fruit and fuelwood |
|
48 |
Boro Lebu |
Lemon Citrus |
limon |
30 |
D |
|
Fruit |
|
49 |
Padak |
|
Pterocarpus indicus |
2 |
D |
|
Medicine |
|
50 |
Kamranga |
Karambola Apple |
Averrhoa carambola |
4 |
D |
|
Fruit and medicine |
|
D = Domestic, W = Wild |
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Table 4. Shrubs
Serial no. |
Local name |
Scientific name |
Abundance |
Nature* |
Uses |
|
D |
W |
|||||
|
1 |
Ulatkambal |
Abroma augusta |
Rare |
D |
|
Medicine |
|
2 |
Pata bahar |
Acalypha wilkesiana |
Common |
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
3 |
Pata bahar |
Codiaeum variegatum |
Common |
D |
|
|
|
4 |
Ghritokumari |
Aloe barbadensis |
Rare |
D |
|
|
|
5 |
Arhhar |
Cajanus cajan |
Rare |
D |
|
|
|
6 |
Hasna Hena |
Cestrum nocturnum |
Rare |
D |
|
|
|
7 |
Aittakola |
Musa sapientum |
Very common |
|
W |
|
|
8 |
Raktajaba |
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis |
Rare |
D |
|
|
|
9 |
Jhumkjaba |
Hibiscus schizopetalus |
Rare |
|
W |
|
|
10 |
Chandramallika |
Chrysanthemum coronarium |
Rare |
D |
|
|
|
11 |
Deshi Jaba/Mesta |
Hibiscus sabdariffa |
Common |
|
W |
|
|
12 |
Gandharaj |
|
Rare |
D |
|
|
|
13 |
Rangan |
Ixora coccinea |
Rare |
D |
|
|
|
14 |
Kamini |
Murraya paniculata |
Rare |
D |
|
|
|
15 |
Beli |
Jasminum sambac |
Uncommon |
D |
|
|
|
16 |
Sheuli |
Nyctanthes arbortristis |
Rare |
D |
|
|
|
17 |
Pathorkuchi |
Kalanchoe pinnata |
|
D |
|
|
|
18 |
Baghverenda |
Ricinus communis |
|
|
W |
|
|
19 |
Mendi |
|
|
D |
|
|
|
20 |
Phanimanasa |
Opuntia diilenii |
Rare |
D |
|
Aesthetic and medicine |
|
21 |
Sandhyamalati |
Mirabilis jalapa |
|
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
22 |
Chitki |
|
|
|
W |
|
|
23 |
Kantagolap |
Rosa indica |
|
D |
|
|
|
24 |
Karamcha |
Carissa carandus |
|
D |
|
|
|
25 |
Barahatisur |
Acalypha hispida |
|
D |
|
|
|
26 |
Kosmos |
Cosmos bipinnatus |
|
D |
|
|
|
27 |
Pepe |
|
Very common |
D |
|
|
D = Domestic, W = Wild
Table 5. Herbs
Serial no. |
Local name |
Scientific name |
Abundance |
Nature* |
Uses |
|
D |
W |
|||||
|
1 |
Shialmutra |
Veronia cineria |
Herb |
D |
|
Medicine |
|
2 |
|
Mimosa pudica |
|
D |
|
Aesthetic medicine |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
W |
Aesthetic |
|
4 |
|
|
|
D |
|
Medicine |
|
5 |
|
Polianthes tuberosa |
|
D |
|
Medicine |
|
6 |
|
Celosia cristata |
|
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
7 |
|
|
|
D |
|
Vegetable |
|
8 |
|
|
|
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
W |
Vegetable |
|
10 |
Dalia |
|
Rare |
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
11 |
|
|
|
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
12 |
|
|
|
D |
|
Medicine and vegetable |
|
13 |
|
|
|
D |
|
Aesthetic and medicine |
|
14 |
|
|
|
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
W |
Vegetable |
D = Domestic, W = Wild
Table 6. Climbers
Serial no. |
Local name |
Scientific name |
Abundance |
Nature* |
Uses |
|
D |
W |
|||||
|
1 |
Aparajita/Nilkantha |
Clitoria ternatea |
Rare |
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
2 |
Gilla |
Entada phaseoloides |
Uncommon |
D |
|
Cultural |
|
3 |
Malotilota |
Aganosma dichotoma |
Uncommon |
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
4 |
Pui |
Basella alba |
Common |
D |
|
Vegetable |
|
5 |
Halkalmi |
Ipomoea alba |
Very Common |
|
W |
Vegetable |
D = Domestic, W = Wild
Table 7. Creepers
Serial no. |
Local name |
Scientific name |
Abundance |
Nature* |
Uses |
|
D |
W |
|||||
|
1 |
Money Plant |
Scindapsus aurieus |
Rare |
D |
|
Medicinal |
|
2 |
Gateful/Tarulota |
Ipomoea quamoclit |
|
D |
|
Aesthetic |
|
3 |
Harjora |
Cissus quadrangularis |
|
|
W |
Medicine |
|
4 |
Chagalbati |
Clematis gouriana |
|
|
W |
Medicine |
|
5 |
Metealu |
|
|
D |
|
Food |
|
6 |
Oshi/Sim |
|
|
D |
W |
Vegetable |
|
7 |
|
|
|
D |
W |
Vegetable |
|
8 |
|
|
Common |
D |
W |
Vegetable |
|
9 |
|
|
Common |
D |
|
Vegetable |
D = Domestic, W = Wild
Table 8. Bamboos
Serial no. |
Local name |
Scientific name |
Abundance |
Nature* |
Uses |
|
D |
W |
|||||
|
1 |
Borak |
Bambusa balcooa |
Common |
D |
|
House building materials and agricultural implements |
|
2 |
Jai |
Bambusa vulgaris |
Common |
D |
|
House building materials and agricultural implements |
|
3 |
|
|
Common |
|
W |
Used in making fence |
|
4 |
Kawathenge/ Jowabans |
|
Rare |
|
W |
|
|
5 |
|
|
Uncommon |
D |
|
Used in scaffold and fence. |
|
6 |
Shil borak/Kantabans |
|
Rare |
D |
|
House building materials and agricultural implements |
|
7 |
Nollaborak/Bethua |
Bambusa polymorpha |
Rare |
D |
|
House building materials and agricultural implements |
D = Domestic, W = Wild
Table 9. Grasses
Serial no. |
Local name |
Scientific name |
Abundance |
Nature* |
Uses |
|
D |
W |
|||||
|
1 |
Baichcha/Bhuiokra |
Phylla nodiflora |
Common |
|
W |
Food for domestic animal and as fuel |
|
2 |
Chan |
Imperata cylindrica |
Common |
|
W |
Food for domestic animal and as fuel |
|
3 |
Hawa |
Eriophorum comorum |
Common |
|
W |
Food for domestic animal and as fuel |
|
4 |
Badla/Mundha |
Erianthus munja |
Rare |
|
W |
Food for domestic animal and as fuel |
|
5 |
Shymaghas |
Echinochloa colonum |
Uncommon |
|
W |
Food for domestic animal and as fuel |
|
6 |
Durba |
Cynodon dactylon |
Very common |
|
W |
Food for domestic animal and as fuel |
|
7 |
Ajayghas |
Cymbopogon martinii |
Rare |
|
W |
Food for domestic animal and as fuel |
|
8 |
Lemon |
Cymbopogon citratus |
Uncommon |
|
W |
Food for domestic animal and as fuel |
|
9 |
China/Kankhura |
Boehmeria nivea |
Rare |
|
W |
Food for domestic animal and as fuel |
D = Domestic, W = Wild
Table 10. Epiphyte
Serial no. |
Local name |
Scientific name |
Abundance |
Nature* |
Uses |
|
D |
W |
|||||
|
1 |
Swarnalata |
Cuscuta reflexa |
Common |
|
W |
No use |
D = Domestic, W = Wild
Table 11. Freshwater plants
Serial no. |
Local name |
Scientific name |
Abundance |
Nature* |
Uses |
|
D |
W |
|||||
|
1 |
Kachuripana |
Eichhornia crassipes |
Very common |
|
W |
Food for domestic cow |
|
2 |
Topapana |
Pistia strateotes |
Very common |
|
W |
No use |
|
3 |
Khudipana |
Lemna paucicostata |
Common |
|
W |
No use |
|
4 |
Kalmi |
Ipomoea aquatica |
Very common |
|
W |
Vegetable |
|
5 |
Shapla |
Nymphaea nouchalli |
Rare |
|
W |
Vegetable |
|
6 |
Helencha |
Alternanthera philoxeroides |
Common |
|
W |
Vegetable |
|
7 |
Pana |
Pistia sp. |
Very common |
|
W |
No use |
D = Domestic, W = Wild
Table 12. Algae, fungi and fern
Serial no. |
Local name |
Scientific name |
Abundance |
Nature* |
Uses |
|
D |
W |
|||||
|
1 |
Shewla |
Microcystis (Algae) |
Very common |
|
W |
No use |
|
2 |
Shewla |
Oscillatoria (Algae) |
Common |
D |
|
No use |
|
3 |
Shewla |
Chlamydomonas (Algae) |
Common |
|
W |
No use |
|
4 |
Shewla |
Chara (Algae) |
Common |
D |
|
No use |
|
5 |
Benger chata |
Agaricus (Fungi) |
Common |
D |
|
No use |
|
6 |
Dheki Shak |
Pteris (Fern) |
Very common |
|
W |
Vegetable |
D = Domestic, W = Wild
