Family: Proteaceae

In Rajasthan, this family is represented by the following genera:

1. Grevillea

   

• Plant Habit: Trees
• Reported From: Udaipur, Rajasthan / Jaipur
• Behaviour: Cultivated
• Description:

  silver oak( despite its common name it is not a true oak) is a fast-growing evergreen tree with a single main trunk, growing up to 100 feet tall. Its leaves are fern-like which are green delicately dented bipinnatifid, which are generally 10-30 cm long with silvery underside, The inflorescence arranged in one-side, toothbrush-like groups of golden-orange or sometimes light pink flowers, carpels are stalked, flowering accurs from march to april followed by glabrous follicles.

• Image Upload(1):
  Title: Infloscence
  Caption: one sided, toothbrush like appearance of inflorescence of Grevillea robusta.
  Description: flowering time - march to april.. It is an important honey plant as golden flowers are attractant for bees.
• Image Upload(2):
  Title: plant body of Grevillea robusta
  Caption: it has been widely planted which bears pyramidal to oval shape