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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.
पंचफूलीपंचफूलीLantana camaraInvasive across Indian forests — grow the sterile garden cultivars only, never the wild kind.निर्गुंडीनिर्गुंडीVitex negundoA scrambling roadside shrub with palmate leaves and small blue flower spikes.मेहंदीमेहंदीLawsonia inermisThe mehndi hedge of the dry west — scented flowers and dye leaves.
खसखसChrysopogon zizanioidesKhus — a grass whose roots hold a slope together and scent a summer room.देशी कपासदेशी कपासGossypium arboreumDesi cotton — the indigenous species, hardier than the imported kinds.नीलनीलIndigofera tinctoriaThe dye plant of history, nitrogen-fixing and undemanding.
बेरबेरZiziphus mauritianaThe fruit of the dry west, cropping where irrigation is impossible.करौंदाकरौंदाCarissa carandasA thorny hedge shrub that gives pickling fruit and keeps animals out.शहतूतशहतूतMorus albaFruit in March, silkworm leaves all summer, and shade in between.तेकोमातेकोमाTecoma stansYellow bells almost all year on a shrub that survives a forgotten terrace.कटसरैयाकटसरैयाBarleria prionitisA spiny yellow-flowered shrub of dry scrub, unbothered by heat or thin soil.सोनबेलसोनबेलPyrostegia venustaCurtains of orange through the cool months on a big pergola.आमआमMangifera indicaThe tree the subcontinent is organised around; a grafted plant fruits in four years.कमलकमलNelumbo nuciferaThe national flower — a big tub, full sun and patience is all it takes.Not sure where to start?
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By regionEach entry notes where the plant grows well across India, from the Gangetic plain to coastal soils.
By seasonSowing windows for every month, so you never plant a winter green in May.
By spaceWindowsill, balcony, terrace or ground — filtered so you only see what will survive with you.
Checked by a botanistNames and facts are reviewed before publication; traditional uses are labelled as traditional.