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चीनाचीनाPanicum miliaceumA short-season millet of the northern hills, sown when the season has been lost.धानधानOryza sativaHalf the country’s calories — and a bucket of it on a terrace teaches more than any book.जलकुंभी सागजलकुंभी सागNasturtium officinaleA peppery salad green for a shady tray of running or frequently changed water.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…कलमी सागकलमी सागIpomoea aquaticaGrows on water or wet mud and crops every fortnight through the monsoon.
लसोड़ालसोड़ाCordia myxaSticky green fruit for the Rajasthani pickle jar, on a tough small tree.
सिंघाड़ासिंघाड़ाTrapa natansSinghara — a floating annual grown in ponds and tanks across the north and east.
मखानामखानाEuryale feroxBihar’s pond crop — prickly floating leaves and the popped seed of fasting food.अजोलाअजोलाAzolla pinnataA floating fern that fixes nitrogen — fertiliser and fodder that grows itself.चिउराचिउराAesandra butyraceaThe Himalayan butter tree, giving cooking fat and an enormous honey flow.
राम तुलसीराम तुलसीOcimum basilicumSweet basil — indigenous cultivation across India long before its pizza career.सब्जासब्जाOcimum basilicum (seed type)Grown for the seed that swells in falooda and summer sherbets.काचरीकाचरीCucumis callosusA wild desert melon of Rajasthan, dried and powdered as a souring agent.सांगरीसांगरीProsopis cineraria (pods)The pod of the khejri — the vegetable that carries the Thar through summer.केरकेरCapparis deciduaA leafless thorny desert shrub with scarlet flowers and pickling berries.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.