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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.
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मेस्तामेस्ताHibiscus sabdariffa var.The sour leaf of Assam and Manipur, cooked with fish and pork.तमरिल्लोतमरिल्लोSolanum betaceumEgg-shaped tart fruit on a soft-wooded small tree of the eastern hills.इस्कुसइस्कुसSechium eduleThe squash that covers a whole roof in one season across the eastern hills.
कागजी नेमुकागजी नेमुCitrus limon var.The thin-skinned Assam lemon, fragrant enough to scent a whole kitchen.खासी संतराखासी संतराCitrus reticulataThe loose-skinned orange of the Khasi and Jaintia hills, ripe in December.सोहफलांगसोहफलांगFlemingia vestitaA tuberous legume of Meghalaya, eaten raw and crisp with salt and mustard oil.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.चीनाचीनाPanicum miliaceumA short-season millet of the northern hills, sown when the season has been lost.
वनीलावनीलाVanilla planifoliaA climbing orchid that must be hand-pollinated flower by flower, at dawn.काली मिर्चकाली मिर्चPiper nigrumThe vine that made the Malabar coast; needs a tree to climb and constant humidity.बड़ी इलायचीबड़ी इलायचीAmomum subulatumThe smoked black cardamom of Sikkim, grown under alder shade.राजा मिर्चराजा मिर्चCapsicum frutescensSmall upright fruit on a woody perennial that crops for years in the hills.योंगचाकयोंगचाकParkia timorianaThe tree bean of Manipur — long flat pods with a pungent unmistakable smell.मैरोई नकुप्पीमैरोई नकुप्पीAllium hookeriThe thick-rooted chive of Manipur, eaten root and leaf together.धानधानOryza sativaHalf the country’s calories — and a bucket of it on a terrace teaches more than any book.
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