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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.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.
तेजपत्तातेजपत्ताCinnamomum tamalaThe tejpatta of the sub-Himalayan tract — three-veined leaves, straight off the tree.सिलमसिलमPerilla frutescensSesame-like seeds used across the eastern Himalaya in chutney and oil.
तिमूरतिमूरZanthoxylum armatumTimur — the numbing hill pepper of the eastern Himalaya, on a thorny shrub.चायचायCamellia sinensis var. assamicaThe tea of the Brahmaputra valley — one bush on a balcony is enough for a pot.खुबानीखुबानीPrunus armeniacaLadakh and Himachal fruit — blossom in March, fruit in June, dried for winter.तेजपत्तातेजपत्ताCinnamomum tamalaThe tejpatta of north Indian cooking — a hill tree, not the Mediterranean bay.शहतूतशहतूतMorus albaFruit in March, silkworm leaves all summer, and shade in between.अंजीरअंजीरFicus caricaTwo crops a year in the west, and content in a large container.कचनारकचनारBauhinia variegataOrchid-like flowers in February, and buds that go into the north-Indian kitchen.जलकुंभी फूलजलकुंभी फूलTropaeolum majusEdible flowers and leaves, and a magnet that pulls aphids off your vegetables.लहसुनलहसुनAllium sativumPlant single cloves in October and lift whole bulbs in March.कुट्टूकुट्टूFagopyrum esculentumA Himalayan pseudo-grain that flowers white and feeds every bee for miles.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.