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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.
20 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
गुरलुगुरलुCoix lacryma-jobiHard glossy grain used as food, as beads and as a brewing grain in the hills.
चीनाचीनाPanicum miliaceumA short-season millet of the northern hills, sown when the season has been lost.
नील ऑर्किडनील ऑर्किडVanda coeruleaThe blue vanda of Meghalaya — tessellated flowers, and protected in the wild.
खुरखुरीखुरखुरीHydrocotyle sibthorpioidesA tiny creeping mat for the wet edge of a tub — the softest possible ground cover.
रिंगालरिंगालDrepanostachyum falcatumThe slender hill bamboo of Uttarakhand, cut for baskets and matting.
उतीसउतीसAlnus nepalensisA nitrogen-fixing pioneer of Himalayan landslides and north-eastern jhum fallows.
चीलचीलCallistemon citrinusRed brushes of stamens on drooping branches; a hardy naturalised garden tree.
वन आमवन आमMangifera sylvaticaThe forest ancestor of the orchard mango, still fruiting in eastern hill forest.
टूनटूनToona ciliataA tall hill-forest tree with pinnate leaves and scented pink-tinged timber.
बांस करीलबांस करीलDendrocalamus hamiltoniiThe north-eastern shoot bamboo — fermented shoots are a regional staple.
चिउराचिउराAesandra butyraceaThe Himalayan butter tree, giving cooking fat and an enormous honey flow.
रीठारीठाSapindus mukorossiReetha — the washing fruit of the sub-Himalayan tract, from a good shade tree.
चिउरीचिउरीDiploknema butyraceaA sub-Himalayan tree giving edible fat and enormous quantities of nectar.
शीशमशीशमDalbergia sissooThe timber tree of the north Indian plain, nitrogen-fixing and fast.
शहतूतशहतूतMorus albaFruit in March, silkworm leaves all summer, and shade in between.
कचनारकचनारBauhinia variegataOrchid-like flowers in February, and buds that go into the north-Indian kitchen.
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