If you are a gardener, then perhaps you have heard of neem oil and neem cakes. While these and other neem products have made headlines for their usefulness only in recent decades, Indians have used neem trees for various purposes and revered them for thousands of years. Now that science has brought this tree to the limelight, it's popular all over the world. So, neem is our tree of the week.

The star of today's episode is a well-known Indian tree. The Moringa Tree. In India, our ancestors knew about its benefits and included its parts in their diet. Now, even science approves its nutritional and medicinal uses. Various research on this tree have made it popular in the past few decades and around the world it is marketed as a "superfood" and is sold as powder, capsules and whatnots. While I cannot tell for sure how effective packaged products are, I can tell for sure that the fresh parts of this tree are indeed super food, as we will see.

Tamarind tree is well known to most of the Indians, and yet there are so many interesting facts and historical info that one may not be aware of. Listen to this episode about this handsome tree, my story related to it and so much more!

Gulmohar is widely planted in India as a shade and ornamental tree. Its flowers are vibrant and catch the eyes - that grow only during summer season. Many Indians can relate to a hot summer day - when standing in their balcony, terrace or window, they have had a bright view of Gulmohar and the mellifluous song of Asian Koel serenaded the air.

Here is a tree that almost every Indian have sweet memories of childhood with - Mango. Either playing under its boughs or eating juicy sweet mangoes during summer vacations, we all love this tree and its fruits. Do listen and enjoy. And, relive your childhood stories with this beautiful, homely tree.

This tree is my forest. It is a special tree as it's a neighbour that keeps north side of our house cool and shaded and it's a biodiversity hotspot throughout the year - a great way to spend free afternoons looking out of the window at this tree and it's visitors and habitants. Enjoy today's episode and learn more by visiting the sister blog for images, infographics, transcript and more -

https://ayearwithtreespodcast.wordpress.com

Today I am sharing a story of a jackfruit tree that I loved dearly but lost soon after meeting it because it was cut down to clear the land.

Listen to what I have to say and then learn more about this charming tree and meet it in your next walk outside!

In today's episode, I will share my first encounter with the tree - Alstonia scholaris or the Blackboard Tree or as it's called Saptaparni in Hindi. I will walk you through the features of this tree and help you identify it in your next walk in the park or even sidewalks. Thanks for listening and please follow and spread the love for trees!