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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.कलमी सागकलमी सागIpomoea aquaticaGrows on water or wet mud and crops every fortnight through the monsoon.अरबीअरबीColocasia esculentaBig heart leaves on a wet corner; the corm below and the leaf above both go to the…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.गूंदागूंदाCordia myxaLasoda — sticky green fruit pickled across Rajasthan and Gujarat.खजूरखजूरPhoenix sylvestrisThe wild date of the plains, tapped for gur and fruiting freely.