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Vadodara, a cultural and educational city is the
third largest megacity in Gujarat in the term of
human population and area. It is also known
as a city having a good number of Vad trees in
the past. The tree cover in campus of Lakshmi
Vilas Palace and the area from the Palace to the
campus of MS University, Vadodara, Railway
Staff College and along the Vishwamitri River is
very good. In the term of greenery within city
area, it is the second city after Gandhinagar. The
dimension of trees is also very good,
13.4. Trees in Vadodara City
Table-18: The main trees in Vadodara
Mahanagar Palika
Species
No of
trees
Species
No of
trees
1. Limdo-
Azadirachta indica
45,440 7. Gulmohar-
Delonix regia
26,830
2. Peltoform -
Peltroforum ferruginieum45,400 8. Pendula-
Polylthia pendula
25,400
3. Saptparni-
Alstonia scholaris
37,450 9. Sharu-
Casuarina equisetifolia
22,310
4. Asopalav-
Polyalthia longifolia
34,850 10. Mango –
Mangifera indica
21,600
5. Kasid-
Casia siamea
30,010 11. Others
430,940
6. Nilgiri-
Eucalyptus sp
26,970
Total
747,190
Distribution of trees in different girth classes
Girth in cm
Number of trees
Girth in cm
Number of trees
10-30 cm
269,694
121-150 cm
27,126
31-60 cm
234,142
151-200 cm
13,272
61-90 cm
148,172
201-250 cm
5,280
91-120 cm
47,037
250 and above
2,470
The basic fact about Vadodara is as follow.
Human population 16.67 lakh
Area of city
16,264 ha
Number of trees
747,200
(above 10 cm GBH)
Tree density
45.9 trees/ha
Tree cover
2650 ha or 16.3%
of geographical area
Trees per 100 person 44.8 trees/100 persons
Fig. 4
