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Greetings: I am glad to find this forum and interested in learning some of the trees of Pakistan to communicate with :?: a tree planting effort based in Lahore. I hope someone can help identify the botanical names for the following trees:
Dhrake
Shahtoot
Sukhchan
Cheer thanks
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Welcome to the forum
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seedtree wrote:Greetings: I am glad to find this forum and interested in learning some of the trees of Pakistan to communicate with :?: a tree planting effort based in Lahore. I hope someone can help identify the botanical names for the following trees:
Dhrake
Shahtoot
Sukhchan
Cheer thanks
Welcome!

Shahtoot is mulberry Morus macroura. See fruit no. 7 here http://waynesword.palomar.edu/fruitid6.htm. Green and maroon coloured varieties are common.

Sukh-chan or probably sukh-chain: Pongamia pinnata - relatively uncommon, at least in Karachi. I have seen this in a university.

I am not sure of the correct sound of Dhrake? Did you mean Dhaak tree? Description would be helpful.

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Dhrake is Melia azedarach
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Welcome to the forum, Cheer or Chir Pine is Pinus roxburghii.
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welcome to the forum, i think i may be able to help you (to lighten your load of plants only :D )
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Izhar wrote:Dhrake is Melia azedarach
I thought M. azedarach was "bukkayn". In which language it is called Dhrake?
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M Farooq wrote:
Izhar wrote:Dhrake is Melia azedarach
I thought M. azedarach was "bukkayn". In which language it is called Dhrake?
In punjabi :D
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http://www.lahoregardening.com
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seedtree wrote: a tree planting effort based in Lahore.
Can you tell us something about the tree planting effort ?
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