List of Indian state flowers
India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia. It is made up of 29 states and 7 union territories. All Indian states have their own government and Union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. As most of the other countries India too has a national emblem-The lion capital. Apart from India's national emblem, each of its States and Union Territories have their own state seals and symbols which include state animals, birds, trees, flowers etc.[1] A list of state flowers of India is given below. See Symbols of Indian states and territories for a complete list of all State characters and seals.
Union territory | Common name | Scientific name | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Andaman Pyinma[12][13] | Lagerstroemia hypoleuca | |
Chandigarh | Palash[14] | Butea monosperma | |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Not Designated | ||
Daman and Diu | Not Designated | ||
Delhi | Alfalfa | Medicago sativa | |
Lakshadweep | Neelakurinji | Strobilanthes kunthiana | |
Puducherry | Cannonball tree's flower | Couroupita guianensis |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.affairscloud.com/symbols-of-states-of-india/
- ↑ http://2.imimg.com/data2/OT/FH/MY-/shiv-pdf.pdf for the scientific name
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- ↑
- ↑ "State Flower Jarul :: Maharashtra". city flowers Social Work. 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
State Flower
- ↑ Government of Maharashtra ENVIS Cell :Important native trees of India Archived 2009-08-24 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "CyberOrissa.com :: Orissa". cyberorissa.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
State Flower
- ↑ "Orissa State Symbols". mapsofindia.com. 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
The state flower is the ‘Ashoka’ flower
- ↑
- ↑ "Palash gets state flower's status - Times Of India". indiatimes.com. 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
Palash (Butea monosperma) is now the state flower of Uttar Pradesh
- ↑ "IE Briefs - Indian Express". indianexpress.com. 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
The Uttar Pradesh government has declared ‘Palash’ or the ‘Flame of Forest’ as the state flower
- ↑ "State Symbols of India". General Knowledge 2016/2017.
- ↑ "State Flowers of India". www.bsienvis.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ State Animal, Bird, Tree and Flower of Chandigarh (PDF).
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