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संजीवनीसंजीवनीSelaginella bryopterisThe sanjeevani of the rocks — curls up bone dry, then greens again in an hour of rain.कोदोकोदोPaspalum scrobiculatumThe kodo of the Deccan and central hills — drought-proof and long-storing.चीनाचीनाPanicum miliaceumA short-season millet of the northern hills, sown when the season has been lost.कुशकुशDesmostachya bipinnataThe kusha grass of ritual, holding sandy soil across the northern plains.सरकंडासरकंडाSaccharum spontaneumSilver plumes across the riverbanks after the monsoon; the kans of the floodplain.अंजन घासअंजन घासCenchrus ciliarisThe anjan of dry pasture — a fodder grass that greens the Thar within days of rain.पटेरापटेराTypha angustifoliaBrown flower spikes over strap leaves; the reed that cleans a village pond.नरकुलनरकुलPhragmites karkaThe tall reed of Indian riverbanks, and the standard plant for a reed-bed filter.झड़बेरीझड़बेरीZiziphus nummulariaThe thorny bush that holds the Thar together, browsed by everything and killed by nothing.पंचफूलीपंचफूलीLantana camaraInvasive across Indian forests — grow the sterile garden cultivars only, never the wild kind.मरोड़फलीमरोड़फलीHelicteres isoraTwisted screw-shaped pods on a scrub shrub of the dry deciduous forest.लसोड़ालसोड़ाCordia myxaSticky green fruit for the Rajasthani pickle jar, on a tough small tree.बलम खीराबलम खीराKigelia africanaMaroon night flowers on long ropes, then metre-long fruit that alarms everybody.पापड़ीपापड़ीHoloptelea integrifoliaA tough dry-forest tree with papery winged seeds that blanket the ground in March.चंदनचंदनSantalum albumThe scented heartwood tree of the southern Deccan — a hemiparasite that needs a host.आंवला वृक्षआंवला वृक्षPhyllanthus indofischeriThe wild amla of the southern hills, smaller-fruited and tougher than the orchard kind.