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संजीवनीसंजीवनीSelaginella bryopterisThe sanjeevani of the rocks — curls up bone dry, then greens again in an hour of rain.
गुरलुगुरलुCoix lacryma-jobiHard glossy grain used as food, as beads and as a brewing grain in the hills.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.चांदी फर्नचांदी फर्नPityrogramma calomelanosA white-backed fern that colonises damp walls and cut slopes on its own.
द्रौपदी मालाद्रौपदी मालाRhynchostylis retusaThe kopou phul of Assam — hanging foxtail sprays, and the flower of Bihu.नील ऑर्किडनील ऑर्किडVanda coeruleaThe blue vanda of Meghalaya — tessellated flowers, and protected in the wild.स्टैगहॉर्नस्टैगहॉर्नPlatycerium wallichiiAn antler-shaped epiphytic fern of Assam’s forests, mounted on a board.जल सलादजल सलादPistia stratiotesA floating rosette that shades a tub and starves the algae — but a weed if it escapes.खुरखुरीखुरखुरीHydrocotyle sibthorpioidesA tiny creeping mat for the wet edge of a tub — the softest possible ground cover.जंगली चावलजंगली चावलOryza rufipogonThe wild ancestor of cultivated rice, still standing in eastern wetlands.नीलकुरिंजीनीलकुरिंजीStrobilanthes kunthianaThe shrub that turns the Nilgiri slopes blue once every twelve years, then dies.
जंगली जायफलजंगली जायफलMyristica malabaricaThe Malabar nutmeg of swampy Ghats forest — a myristica swamp indicator species.जामुन कोकमजामुन कोकमSyzygium caryophyllatumA small-fruited endemic jamun of the southern hills, cropping through the monsoon.कोरलकोरलThunbergia mysorensisLong hanging chains of maroon and yellow flowers — the Mysore clock vine.पुन्नागपुन्नागMesua thwaitesiiA tall wet-evergreen tree of the southern Ghats, red-flushed in new leaf.Not sure where to start?
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Checked by a botanistNames and facts are reviewed before publication; traditional uses are labelled as traditional.