The India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

 contains sub-Himalayan foothills and mountains with moist deciduous forests

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests , also known as tropical moist forests, are a tropical and subtropical forest biome....

. Rainfall may exceed 1600 millimeters per year. Common trees include Shorea robusta (sal), Toona ciliata

Toona ciliata

Australian Red Cedar , Toona ciliata is a forest tree in the family Meliaceae which grows throughout southern Asia from Afghanistan to Papua New Guinea and Australia. In Australia its natural habitat is now extensively cleared subtropical rainforests of New South Wales and Queensland...

, Diospyros melanoxylon

Diospyros melanoxylon

Coromandel Ebony or East Indian Ebony is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae that is native to India and Sri Lanka....

 (kendu), Boswellia serrata

Boswellia serrata

Boswellia serrata is Indian frankincense or Salai. It is found in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & Andhara Pradesh in India.- Medical usage :...

 (salai), Terminalia tomentosa (asan), Terminalia bellayoica (bahera), Terminalia arjuna

Terminalia arjuna

Terminalia arjuna is a tree of the genus Terminalia.-Description:...

 (arjun), Pterocarpus marsupium (paisar), Madhuca indica (mahua).

Plants of Bihar include:

• Holarrhena antidysenterica
• Flemengia chappar
• Zizyphus xylopyra
• Bauhinia vahlii
  Bauhinia vahlii
  Bauhinia vahlii, , is a perennial creeper of the Caesalpiniaceae family native to the Indian subcontinent.- Distribution :Bauhinia vahlii is found from Sikkim and Nepal across India and Punjab, Pakistan....
  
  
• Smilex protifrera
• Butea superba
  Butea superba
  Butea superba is an herb native to Thailand, thought by locals to be an aphrodisiac. It is abundantly distributed in the Thai deciduous forest and has been popular among Thai males for its supposed effects on rejuvenation and sexual vigor. No placebo-controlled clinical studies exist so far to...
  
  
• Butea parviflora

See also

• Fauna of Bihar
  Fauna of Bihar
  The Ganges River dolphin, or “susu” occur in the Ganges and Brahmaputra, south Asia’s largest river systems. It can now be considered amongst the most endangered mammals of the region....
  
  
• Flora of India
  Flora of India
  The Flora of India is one of the richest of the world due to a wide range of climate, topology and environments in the country. It is thought there are over 15000 species of flowering plants in India,which account for 6 percent of the total plant species in the world. and probably many more species...
  
  
• Fauna of India
• Protected areas of Bihar
  Protected areas of Bihar
  Bihar has notified forest area of 6,764.14 km², which is 7.1 percent of its geographical area.. The sub Himalayan foothill of Someshwar and Dun ranges in West Champaran district another belt of moist deciduous forests. These also consists of scrub, grass and reeds...
  
  

External links

• http://forest.bih.nic.in/ Department of Environment & Forest, Bihar
  Bihar
  Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
  
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• Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 1
• Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 2
• Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 3
• Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 4
• Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 5
• Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 6