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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.अजोलाअजोलाAzolla pinnataA floating fern that fixes nitrogen — fertiliser and fodder that grows itself.राम तुलसीराम तुलसीOcimum basilicumSweet basil — indigenous cultivation across India long before its pizza career.गन्नागन्नाSaccharum officinarumA few canes in a corner give juice, gur and a green screen by October.पपीतापपीताCarica papayaFruit inside a year from seed — the fastest fruit a household can grow.कमलकमलNelumbo nuciferaThe national flower — a big tub, full sun and patience is all it takes.सूरजमुखीसूरजमुखीHelianthus annuusA fortnight of spectacle and then a head of seed the birds will take.सहजनसहजनMoringa oleiferaThe fastest useful tree there is — 3 m in a year, edible leaves and pods.कद्दूकद्दूCucurbita moschataSprawls generously and stores well; the leaves and flowers are food too.खीराखीराCucumis sativusFast, thirsty and best trained up a net where air can move around it.ग्वार फलीग्वार फलीCyamopsis tetragonolobaDrought-hardy bean of the west — fixes nitrogen and crops where little else will.लोबियालोबियाVigna unguiculataPods, beans and green manure from one undemanding monsoon plant.मूंगमूंगVigna radiataSixty days from sowing to dal, and sproutable on a kitchen shelf.तिलतिलSesamum indicumUpright, bell-flowered and ancient; the oilseed of the dry season.चौलाईचौलाईAmaranthus tricolorThe monsoon green that grows itself — heat-proof, rain-proof, ready in a month.