For example, hard currency stores were named Kashtan (Chestnut) in the Ukrainian SSR and Chinara (Oriental plane) in the Azerbaijan SSR, etc.
The oldest Chinar of the sub-continent is located in the garden popularly called as Padshahi Bagh which is now under the control of Tourist Department.
There is a fine example of an Oriental plane tree, also in the Fellows' Garden, which is reputed to have lived far longer than is typical of the species.
Poplar and chinar trees goew as well, but there is little firewood.
Platanus | Typha orientalis | Platanus orientalis | Platanus kerrii | Platanus occidentalis | Platanus × acerifolia | Fossils of ''S. aurorae'' (left) and ''S. orientalis'' (right) at the National Museum of Nature and Science | William (marcha orientalis) | Trema orientalis | Rhynchelmis orientalis | Orientalis Ecclesiae | Nauclea orientalis | Hyacinthus orientalis | Fagus orientalis | Crataegus orientalis |
The garden was established in 1951 and contains collections of irises, local flora, Ericaceae, succulents, ferns, arid and desert plants, tropical trees, and Platanus orientalis.