The Campus Trees

The St. Augustine campus is home to an arboretum (living museum of trees) inherited from the former Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (ICTA). Over the years many of the trees were removed to erect new buildings or succumbed to pests and diseases and have not been replaced. The revitalisation of the arboretum is an initiative by the Herbarium and the Geography Department to bring awareness to the important role trees play in the urban landscape and to encourage the preservation and good management practices of trees in the urban landscape.  There are approximately over 800 trees on the campus grounds. Some of the larger trees, such as the Saman (Samanea saman) are hosts to a diverse range of epiphytes including bromeliads, ferns, cacti, orchids and bryophytes (mosses and liverworts).We aim to bring back this rich biodiversity on the campus grounds.

  • Scientific name: Blighia sapida
    Family: SAPINDACEAE
  • Scientific name: Monodora myristica
    Family: ANNONACEAE
  • Scientific name: Milicia excelsa
    Family: MORACEAE
  • Scientific name: Spathodea campanulata
    Family: BIGNONIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Andira inermis
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Terminalia arjuna
    Family: COMBRETACEAE
  • Scientific name: Saraca indica
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Persea americana
    Family: LAURACEAE
  • Scientific name: Nauclea diderrichii
    Family: RUBIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Myroxylon pereirae
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Bauhinia variegata
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Pimenta racemosa
    Family: MYRTACEAE
  • Scientific name: Bucida buceras
    Family: COMBRETACEAE
  • Scientific name: Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
    Family: ARECACEAE
  • Scientific name: Callistemon citrinus
    Family: MYRTACEAE
  • Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis
    Family: MORACEAE
  • Scientific name: Cochlospermum vitifolium
    Family: BIXACEAE
  • Scientific name: Chrysophyllum cainito
    Family: SAPOTACEAE
  • Scientific name: Crescentia cujete
    Family: BIGNONIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Couroupita guianensis
    Family: LECYTHIDACEAE
  • Scientific name: Roystonea oleracea
    Family: ARECACEAE
  • Scientific name: Michelia champaca
    Family: MAGNOLIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Melicoccus bijugatus
    Family: SAPINDACEAE
  • Scientific name: Livistona chinensis
    Family: ARECACEAE
  • Scientific name: Cocos nucifera
    Family: ARECACEAE
  • Scientific name: Brownea coccinea subsp. Capitella
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Carapa guianensis
    Family: MELIACEAE
  • Dao
    Scientific name: Dracontomelon dao
    Family: ANACARDIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Enterolobium cyclocarpum
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Warszewiczia coccinea ҄avid AuyongҬdouble Chaconia
    Family: RUBIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Polyalthia longifolia
    Family: ANNONACEAE
  • Scientific name: Ficus benjamina
    Family: MORACEAE
  • Scientific name: Pachira glabra (Bombacopsis glabra)
    Family: MALVACEAE
  • Scientific name: Cordia sebestena
    Family: BORAGINACEAE
  • Scientific name: Flacourtia indica
    Family: SALIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Diospyros malabarica
    Family: EBENACEAE
  • Scientific name: Araucaria cunninghamii
    Family: ARAUCARIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Terminalia catappa
    Family: COMBRETACEAE
  • Scientific name: Cassia fistula
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Jacaranda obtusifolia ssp. rhombifolia
    Family: BIGNONIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Syzygium cumini
    Family: MYRTACEAE
  • Scientific name: Mangifera indica
    Family: ANACARDIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Araucaria hunsteinii (Araucaria klinkii )
    Family: ARAUCARIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Vitex lignum-vitae?
    Family: LAMIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Spondias purpurea
    Family: ANACARDIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Cascabela thevetia (Thevetia peruviana)
    Family: APOCYNACEAE
  • Scientific name: Swietania sp.
    Family: MELIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Mammea americana
    Family: CALOPHYLLACEAE
  • Scientific name: Mangifera indica
    Family: ANACARDIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Adonidia merrillii
    Family: ARECACEAE
  • Scientific name: Tecoma stans
    Family: BIGNONIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia
    Family: RUBIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Plumeria rubra
    Family: APOCYNACEAE
  • Scientific name: Tabebuia rosea
    Family: BIGNONIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Tabebuia heterophylla
    Family: BIGNONIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Spondias purpurea
    Family: ANACARDIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Spondias dulcis
    Family: ANACARDIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense
    Family: MYRTACEAE
  • Scientific name: Annona glabra
    Family: ANNONACEAE
  • Scientific name: Lagerstroemia speciosa
    Family: LYTHRACEAE
  • Scientific name: Eucalyptus deglupta
    Family: MYRTACEAE
  • Scientific name: Delonix regia
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Samanea saman
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Manilkara zapota
    Family: SAPOTACEAE
  • Scientific name: Lecythis zabucajo
    Family: LECYTHIDACEAE
  • Scientific name: Kigelia africana
    Family: BIGNONIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Flacourtia jangomas
    Family: SALIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Grevillea robusta
    Family: PROTEACEAE
  • Scientific name: Tamarindus indica
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Hymenaea courbaril
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Annona squamosa
    Family: ANNONACEAE
  • Scientific name: Detarium senegalense
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Tectona grandis
    Family: LAMIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Schefflera actinophylla
    Family: ARALIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Acacia leptocarpa
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Ficus benjamina
    Family: MORACEAE
  • Scientific name: Afrocarpus gracilior (Podocarpus gracilior)
    Family: PODOCARPACEAE
  • Scientific name: Malpighia emarginata
    Family: MALPIGHIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Plumeria alba
    Family: APOCYNACEAE
  • Scientific name: Bauhinia variegata var. candida
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Senna spectabilis
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Pachira insignis
    Family: MALVACEAE
  • Scientific name: Peltophorum pterocarpum
    Family: FABACEAE
  • Scientific name: Tabebuia chrysantha
    Family: BIGNONIACEAE
  • Scientific name: Podocarpus macrophyllus
    Family: PODOCARPACEAE
  • Scientific name: Cananga odorata
    Family: ANNONACEAE
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