Native and invasive plants of India

Browse all 98 plants in the directory. Filter by status: native species are safe and good to plant, invasive ones should be avoided, and caution plants are non-native choices worth reconsidering.

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✅ Native

Aak

Calotropis gigantea

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❌ Invasive

African payal

Salvinia molesta

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❌ Invasive

Alligator weed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

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✅ Native

Amaltas

Cassia fistula

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✅ Native

Amla

Phyllanthus emblica

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✅ Native

Arjuna

Terminalia arjuna

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✅ Native

Ashoka

Saraca asoca

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✅ Native

Ashwagandha

Withania somnifera

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✅ Native

Babul

Vachellia nilotica

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✅ Native

Bael

Aegle marmelos

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✅ Native

Bahera

Terminalia bellirica

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✅ Native

Bakul

Mimusops elengi

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❌ Invasive

Ban tulsi

Croton bonplandianus

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✅ Native

Banyan (National Tree)

Ficus benghalensis

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✅ Native

Ber

Ziziphus mauritiana

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❌ Invasive

Besharam

Ipomoea carnea

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❌ Invasive

Billygoat weed

Ageratum conyzoides

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❌ Invasive

Black wattle

Acacia mearnsii

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❌ Invasive

Blackjack

Bidens pilosa

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❌ Invasive

Blue billygoat weed

Ageratum houstonianum

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✅ Native

Blue water lily

Nymphaea nouchali

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✅ Native

Brahmi

Bacopa monnieri

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❌ Invasive

Castor

Ricinus communis

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❌ Invasive

Coat buttons

Tridax procumbens

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❌ Invasive

Cocklebur

Xanthium strumarium

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❌ Invasive

Coffee senna

Senna occidentalis

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❌ Invasive

Congress grass

Parthenium hysterophorus

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❌ Invasive

Coral creeper

Antigonon leptopus

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❌ Invasive

Crofton weed

Ageratina adenophora

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✅ Native

Curry leaf

Murraya koenigii

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❌ Invasive

Devil's claw

Martynia annua

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✅ Native

Dhawai

Woodfordia fruticosa

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✅ Native

Dhawda

Anogeissus latifolia

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❌ Invasive

Downy thorn apple

Datura innoxia

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❌ Invasive

Erect prickly pear

Opuntia stricta

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❌ Invasive

Field dodder

Cuscuta campestris

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✅ Native

Gamhar

Gmelina arborea

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❌ Invasive

Giant sensitive plant

Mimosa diplotricha

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❌ Invasive

Giant sensitive tree

Mimosa pigra

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✅ Native

Glory lily (State flower

Gloriosa superba

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❌ Invasive

Gorse

Ulex europaeus

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✅ Native

Gotu kola

Centella asiatica

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✅ Native

Guggul

Commiphora wightii

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✅ Native

Haritaki

Terminalia chebula

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✅ Native

Indian elm

Holoptelea integrifolia

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✅ Native

Jackfruit

Artocarpus heterophyllus

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✅ Native

Jamun

Syzygium cumini

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✅ Native

Jhal

Salvadora oleoides

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❌ Invasive

Johnson grass

Sorghum halepense

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✅ Native

Kachnar

Bauhinia variegata

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✅ Native

Kadam

Neolamarckia cadamba

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✅ Native

Kaim

Mitragyna parvifolia

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✅ Native

Kalmegh

Andrographis paniculata

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✅ Native

Karanja

Pongamia pinnata

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✅ Native

Karonda

Carissa carandas

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✅ Native

Khejri (State tree

Prosopis cineraria

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❌ Invasive

Lantana

Lantana camara

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✅ Native

Lotus (National Flower)

Nelumbo nucifera

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✅ Native

Mahua

Madhuca longifolia

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✅ Native

Mango (National Fruit)

Mangifera indica

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❌ Invasive

Mexican prickly poppy

Argemone mexicana

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❌ Invasive

Mexican sunflower

Tithonia diversifolia

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❌ Invasive

Mile-a-minute

Mikania micrantha

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✅ Native

Neem

Azadirachta indica

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✅ Native

Nirgundi

Vitex negundo

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❌ Invasive

Node weed

Synedrella nodiflora

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❌ Invasive

Oneleaf senna

Senna uniflora

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✅ Native

Palash

Butea monosperma

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❌ Invasive

Paper mulberry

Broussonetia papyrifera

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✅ Native

Parijat

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

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✅ Native

Peepal

Ficus religiosa

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❌ Invasive

Pignut

Hyptis suaveolens

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❌ Invasive

Red cabomba

Cabomba furcata

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✅ Native

Sal

Shorea robusta

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✅ Native

Salai guggul

Boswellia serrata

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✅ Native

Sandalwood

Santalum album

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✅ Native

Sarpagandha

Rauvolfia serpentina

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✅ Native

Sarphonka

Tephrosia purpurea

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❌ Invasive

Scotch broom

Cytisus scoparius

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✅ Native

Semal

Bombax ceiba

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✅ Native

Shatavari

Asparagus racemosus

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✅ Native

Shisham

Dalbergia sissoo

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❌ Invasive

Siam weed

Chromolaena odorata

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❌ Invasive

Singapore daisy

Sphagneticola trilobata

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✅ Native

Siris

Albizia lebbeck

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❌ Invasive

Stinking passionflower

Passiflora foetida

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❌ Invasive

Subabul

Leucaena leucocephala

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✅ Native

Teak

Tectona grandis

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✅ Native

Tendu

Diospyros melanoxylon

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❌ Invasive

Touch-me-not

Mimosa pudica

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✅ Native

Tulsi

Ocimum tenuiflorum

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✅ Native

Vasaka

Justicia adhatoda

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✅ Native

Vetiver

Chrysopogon zizanioides

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❌ Invasive

Vilayati babul

Prosopis juliflora

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❌ Invasive

Water hyacinth

Pontederia crassipes

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❌ Invasive

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

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❌ Invasive

Whitebark senna

Senna spectabilis

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❌ Invasive

Wild poinsettia

Euphorbia heterophylla