Forage Plants

Forage plants

Species on which bees forage	Habit	Eastern NBR	Southern NBR	Northern NBR
Abrus precatorius	straggler		√
Abutilon indicum	shrub		√
Abutilon ramosum	shrub		√
Acacia caesia	shrub		√
Acacia chundra	tree		√	√
Acacia concinna	shrub		√
Acacia leucophloea	tree		√	√
Acacia pennata	shrub		√	√
Acacia torta	straggler	√
Acronychia pedunculata	tree	√
Aegle marmelos	tree			√
Alangium salvifolium var. hexapetalum	straggler	√
Albizia amara	tree			√
Albizia lebbeck	tree		√	√
Albizzia odoratissima	tree	√
Alstonia venenata	tree/ large shrub	√
Amaranthus spinosus	herb		√
Anogeissus latifolia	tree		√	√
Ardisia solanacea	tree/ large shrub	√
Asclepias curassavica	shrub		√
Atalantia monophylla	tree			√
Azadirachta indica	tree		√	√
Barleria prionitis	shrub			√
Bauhinia racemosa	tree		√	√
Bidens pilosa	herb		√	√
Bischofia javanica	tree	√
Blepharis maderaspatensis	undershrub		√	√
Boerhavia diffusa	herb		√	√
Bombax ceiba	tree		√	√
Boswellia serrata	tree			√
Bridelia crenulata	tree	√		√
Butea monosperma	tree		√	√
Byttneria herbacea	herb		√
Canna indica	shrub	√
Cannavalia mollis	straggler			√
Canthium coromandelicum	shrub		√	√
Canthium dicoccum	tree			√
Capparis brevispina	straggler	√
Capparis sepiaria	shrub			√
Cardiospermum halicacabum luridum	climber		√	√
Cardiospermum halicacabum microcarpum	climber		√	√
Carissa spinarum	shrub			√
Cassia auriculata	shrub			√
Cassia didymobotrya	shrub			√
Cassia fistula	tree			√
Cassine glauca	tree		√	√
Ceiba pentandra	tree		√
Celosia argentea	herb			√
Celtis philippensis var. wightii	tree			√
Celtis tetrandra	tree			√
Chloroxylon swietenia	tree	√	√	√
Cipadessa baccifera	tree/ large shrub	√
Cissus vitiginea	shrub			√
Clerodendron serratum	shrub	√
Coccinia grandis	climber		√
Cochlospermum religiosum	tree			√
Cochorus tridens	subshrub		√
Combretum ovalifolium	shrub		√
Commelina benghalensis	herb			√
Commiphora berryi	shrub			√
Commiphora caudata	tree	√
Cordia gharaf	tree			√
Cordia wallichii	tree			√
Crossandra infundibuliformis	undershrub		√
Crotalaria pallida	shrub			√
Crotolaria micans	shrub	√
Croton bonplandianus	herb		√	√
Dalbergia lanceolaria	tree			√
Dalbergia lanceolaria lanceolaria	tree		√
Dalbergia lanceolaria paniculata	tree		√
Dalbergia latifolia	tree			√
Dalbergia sissoo	tree	√
Datura innoxia	herb		√
Datura metel	subshrub		√
Dichrostachys cinera cinera var. cinera	tree			√
Dichrostachys cinerea	tree		√
Diospyros montana	tree			√
Diploclisia glaucescens	liana	√
Dodonaea angustifolia	shrub		√
Drypetes sepiaria	tree		√
Elaeagnus kologa	straggler	√
Elaeocarpus tuberculatus	tree	√
Entada rheedii	liana			√
Erythrina suberosa	tree			√
Erythroxylum monogymnum	tree		√	√
Euphorbia hirta	herb		√	√
Euphorbia trigona	shrub			√
Evolvulus alsinoides	herb		√	√
Evolvulus nummularius	herb		√
Ficus benghalensis	tree			√
Ficus microcarpa	tree			√
Filicium decipiens	tree	√
Flueggea leucopyrus	shrub		√	√
Gardenia gummifera	tree	√
Givotia moluccana	tree		√
Givotia rottleriformis	tree			√
Gliricidia sepium	tree			√
Glycosmis pentaphylla	shrub	√
Gmelina asiatica	shrub			√
Gnetum ula	liana	√
Grewia bracteata	tree		√
Grewia flavescens	straggler			√
Grewia hirsuta	shrub		√	√
Grewia tiliifolia	tree	√		√
Gymnnosporia heyneana	shrub		√
Gymnosporia emarginata	tree		√
Gyrocarpus americanus	tree		√	√
Haldina cordifolia	tree			√
Hardwickia binata	tree		√	√
Helicteres isora	shrub		√
Hiptage bhengalensis	liana	√		√
Holoptelea integrifolia	tree		√	√
Ichnocarpus frutescens	climber		√
Indigofera linnaei	herb		√
Ipomoea hederifolia	twiner			√
Ipomoea staphylina	climber		√	√
Ixora pavetta	tree			√
Jatropha curcas	shrub		√
Jatropha glandulifera	shrub			√
Jatropha gossypiifolia	shrub		√
Justica betonica	shrub		√
Kalanchoe grnadiflora	herb			√
Kydia calycina	tree			√
Lagascea mollis	herb			√
Lantana camara	shrub		√	√
Lasianthus coffeoides	shrub	√
Lasiosiphon eriocephalus	tree	√
Leonotis nepetiifolia	subshrub		√
Lepisanthes tetraphylla	tree		√
Leucas aspera	herb	√	√	√
Ligustrum perrottetii	tree	√
Limonia acidissima	tree			√
Ludwigia octovalvis	shrub	√
Madhuca indica	tree			√
Maesa indica	tree			√
Mallotus philippensis	tree	√
Mallotus tetracoccus	tree	√
Mangifera indica	tree		√	√
Manihot carthaginensis	tree		√
Manilkara hexandra	tree		√	√
Maytenus emarginata	shrub			√
Melia dubia	tree		√	√
Millettia pinnata	tree		√
Mimosa pudica	herb		√	√
Mimusops elengi	tree		√
Mirabilis jalaba	herb			√
Mitragyna parvifolia	tree		√
Mitragyna parvifolia parvifolia	tree			√
Mucuna pruriens	climber			√
Murraya koenigii	tree		√
Murraya paniclata	tree	√
Mussaenda hirsutissima	shrub	√
Naringi crenulata	tree		√	√
Nicandra physaloides	herb			√
Nymphaea nouchali	herb		√
Ocimum tenuiflorum	herb			√
Opuntia dillenii	shrub		√
Opuntia monocantha	shrub		√	√
Opuntia stricta dillenii	shrub			√
Orthosiphon thymiflorus	subshrub		√
Pachygone ovata	straggler			√
Parthenium hysterophorus	herb		√	√
Passiflora foetida	shrub		√
Pergularia daemia	shrub		√
Persea macrantha	tree	√
Phyllanthus emblica	tree		√	√
Plumbago zeylanica	shrub	√
Polygonum chinense	subshrub		√
Polygonum glabrum	herb			√
Pongamia pinnata	tree	√		√
Portulaca oleracea	herb			√
Premna latifolia	tree	√
Prosopis julifloria	tree			√
Prosopsis glandulosa	tree		√
Psydrax dicoccos	tree	√	√
Pterocarpus marsupium	tree	√	√	√
Pterolobium hexapetalum	straggler	√	√	√
Radermachera xylocarpa	tree			√
Randia dumetorum	tree			√
Rhus mysorensis	tree		√
Santalum album	tree		√	√
Sapindus emarginata	tree			√
Sapindus trifoliatus	tree		√
Sarcostemma intermedium	straggler			√
Schefflera stellata	shrub	√
Schleichera oleosa	tree	√	√	√
Scutia myrtina	straggler		√	√
Shorearoxburghii	tree			√
Sida acuta	herb		√
Sida cordifolia	shrub			√
Solanum surattense	shrub			√
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis	shrub	√	√
Sterculia guttata	tree	√
Stereospermum colais	tree		√
Stereospermum personatum	tree			√
Strychnos nux-vomica	tree		√
Strychnos potatorum	tree			√
Syzigium cumini	tree	√	√	√
Tamarindus indica	tree	√	√	√
Tarenna asiatica	shrub		√	√
Tectona grandis	tree	√	√	√
Tephrosia purpurea	subshrub		√	√
Terminalia arjuna	tree		√	√
Terminalia bellerica	tree	√	√	√
Terminalia chebula	tree	√	√	√
Thevetia peruviana	shrub			√
Tithonia diversifolia	shrub			√
Toddalia asiatica	shrub		√	√
Toddalia asiatica var:floribunda	straggler	√
Toona ciliata	tree			√
Tribulus subramanyamii	herb		√
Tribulus terrestris	herb		√	√
Tridax procumbens	herb		√	√
Triumfetta annua	herb			√
Triumfetta rhomboidea	herb			√
Vernonia arborea	tree	√
Viburnum punctatum	tree	√
Vitex altissima	tree		√	√
Waltheria indica	subshrub		√
Wendlandia thyrsoidea	tree	√
Wrightia arborea	tree	√
Wrightia tinctoria	tree			√
Xanthium strumanium	subshrub		√
Ziziphus glabrata	tree		√
Ziziphus mauritania	tree		√	√
Ziziphus oenoplia	shrub		√
Ziziphus rugosa	straggler	√	√
Ziziphus xylopyrus	tree	√	√	√