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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.चांदी फर्नचांदी फर्नPityrogramma calomelanosA white-backed fern that colonises damp walls and cut slopes on its own.जंगली चावलजंगली चावलOryza rufipogonThe wild ancestor of cultivated rice, still standing in eastern wetlands.सरकंडासरकंडाSaccharum spontaneumSilver plumes across the riverbanks after the monsoon; the kans of the floodplain.
रक्त कमलरक्त कमलNymphaea rubraThe deep red night-flowering lily of eastern tanks and temple ponds.मोथामोथाCyperus alternifoliusSpokes of leaf on a green stem — the marginal plant that makes a tub read as a…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.
मूली बांसमूली बांसMelocanna bacciferaThe bamboo that covers Mizoram, and whose mass flowering brings the rat floods.पीला बांसपीला बांसBambusa vulgarisYellow culms striped green; the ornamental clumping bamboo of Indian gardens.मरोड़फलीमरोड़फलीHelicteres isoraTwisted screw-shaped pods on a scrub shrub of the dry deciduous forest.रक्त पुष्परक्त पुष्पHamelia patensOrange tubular flowers, continuously, and the sunbirds that follow them.गुड़हलगुड़हलHibiscus rosa-sinensisFlowers nearly all year in a warm city, and sunbirds find it within a week.मुसैंडामुसैंडाMussaenda frondosaOne enlarged white sepal per flower, so the whole shrub reads as pale bracts.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.