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दो सौ साठ भारतीय पौधे, उसी तरह दर्ज किए गए जैसे लोग असल में बागवानी करते हैं — जगह के हिसाब से, मौसम के हिसाब से, और आप पौधे से क्या चाहते हैं उसके हिसाब से।
Use the filters on the plant archive to narrow by goal, growing space and season. Every record carries a Hindi name, a botanical name, a care note and the months in which to sow.
35 plants match your filters Answer three questions on the home page — your region, your space and your goal — and we will name two plants to sow this month.Filters3 on
कलिहारीकलिहारीGloriosa superbaFlame-red reflexed petals on a climbing lily — the state flower of Tamil Nadu.
रोशा घासरोशा घासCymbopogon martiniiThe palmarosa of the Deccan, distilled for a rose-scented oil.कुंदकुंदJasminum multiflorumA soft-haired jasmine that flowers through the cool months on a low wall.चमेलीचमेलीJasminum grandiflorumThe chameli of the perfume fields — long-tubed white flowers picked before dawn.कनेरकनेरNerium oleanderPink or white flowers all year on a shrub that survives the worst urban roadside.
बलम खीराबलम खीराKigelia africanaMaroon night flowers on long ropes, then metre-long fruit that alarms everybody.हरसिंगारहरसिंगारNyctanthes arbor-tristisWhite flowers with orange tubes that open at night and are on the ground by dawn.पलाशपलाशButea monospermaBare branches and orange claws of flower in February — the tree that announces Holi.सेमलसेमलBombax ceibaFat red flowers on a bare grey trunk, then pods of cotton that blow down every street.पलास बेलपलास बेलButea superbaA big orange-flowered climber of central forest, dramatic on a strong pergola.मेहंदीमेहंदीLawsonia inermisThe mehndi hedge of the dry west — scented flowers and dye leaves.कांसकांसSaccharum spontaneumThe silver-plumed grass of autumn riverbanks — Durga Puja in plant form.सेमलसेमलBombax ceibaRed February cups feeding every bird in the neighbourhood at once.
अम्बाड़ीअम्बाड़ीHibiscus sabdariffa var. altissimaGrown for fibre and calyces in the west and centre; a striking tall annual.देशी कपासदेशी कपासGossypium arboreumDesi cotton — the indigenous species, hardier than the imported kinds.नीलनीलIndigofera tinctoriaThe dye plant of history, nitrogen-fixing and undemanding.
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