There is no doubt in this that in this world, the Nyagrodha, the Jambu, the Pippala, the Shalmali, the Shinshapa, the Meshashringa, and the Kichaka, are the foremost ones among trees.
न्यग्रोधे जम्बुवृक्षश्च पिप्पल: शाल्मलिस्तथा। शिंशपा मेषशृश्च तथा कीचकवेणवः॥