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मेस्तामेस्ताHibiscus sabdariffa var.The sour leaf of Assam and Manipur, cooked with fish and pork.कागजी नेमुकागजी नेमुCitrus limon var.The thin-skinned Assam lemon, fragrant enough to scent a whole kitchen.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.धानधानOryza sativaHalf the country’s calories — and a bucket of it on a terrace teaches more than any book.गुलाब जामुनगुलाब जामुनSyzygium jambosPale crisp fruit that smells of rose water, on a small spreading evergreen.सुपारीसुपारीAreca catechuThe slender betel-nut palm of the wet coasts, grown in dense shaded gardens.राजा मिर्चराजा मिर्चCapsicum frutescensSmall upright fruit on a woody perennial that crops for years in the hills.कलमी सागकलमी सागIpomoea aquaticaGrows on water or wet mud and crops every fortnight through the monsoon.कमल ककड़ीकमल ककड़ीNelumbo nucifera (rhizome)The same lotus, grown in deep mud for the crisp rhizome of the Kashmiri kitchen.अरबीअरबीColocasia esculentaBig heart leaves on a wet corner; the corm below and the leaf above both go to the…मान कचुमान कचुAlocasia macrorrhizosEnormous upright leaves for a wet shaded corner — architecture rather than a crop.खजूरखजूरPhoenix sylvestrisThe sap palm of Bengal and the Deccan, tapped in winter for nolen gur.वन आमवन आमMangifera sylvaticaThe forest ancestor of the orchard mango, still fruiting in eastern hill forest.तेजपत्तातेजपत्ताCinnamomum tamalaThe tejpatta of the sub-Himalayan tract — three-veined leaves, straight off the tree.सिंघाड़ासिंघाड़ाTrapa natansSinghara — a floating annual grown in ponds and tanks across the north and east.