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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.
24 plants match your filters Answer three questions on the home page — your region, your space and your goal — and we will name two plants to sow this month.Filters2 on
हंसराजहंसराजAdiantum philippenseFan-shaped leaflets on black wiry stalks — the fern of a shaded bathroom window.
तेजपत्तातेजपत्ताCinnamomum tamalaThe tejpatta of the sub-Himalayan tract — three-veined leaves, straight off the tree.
अडूसाअडूसाJusticia gendarussaA dark-stemmed shrub of the wet coasts with traditional joint-pain uses.
सीता अशोकसीता अशोकSaraca asocaThe true ashoka — orange flower clusters on a small shade-loving tree of wet forest.
तिमूरतिमूरZanthoxylum armatumTimur — the numbing hill pepper of the eastern Himalaya, on a thorny shrub.
मंजिष्ठामंजिष्ठाRubia cordifoliaA scrambling hill plant whose root gives a lasting red dye.
रीठारीठाSapindus mukorossiReetha — the washing fruit of the sub-Himalayan tract, from a good shade tree.
जंगली लेमन घासजंगली लेमन घासCymbopogon flexuosusEast Indian lemongrass, distilled in the north-east for citral oil.
पिपलीपिपलीPiper longumA creeping pepper of the eastern and southern forests, with catkin-like spikes.
कपूर कचरीकपूर कचरीHedychium spicatumA Himalayan ginger relative with scented white flowers and aromatic rhizomes.
मकोयमकोयSolanum nigrumThe black nightshade of monsoon fields — a leafy green in the east, a weed elsewhere.
चिरायताचिरायताSwertia chirayitaAn intensely bitter Himalayan herb of mid-altitude meadows, slow and particular.
तगरतगरValeriana jatamansiA hill herb of stream banks with aromatic roots and heads of small white flowers.
भृंगराजभृंगराजEclipta prostrataA low monsoon weed of wet ground, gathered for hair oil for as long as anyone remembers.
हल्दीहल्दीCurcuma longaPlant a knob of market haldi in June; harvest your own in February.
अदरकअदरकZingiber officinaleThe same trick as turmeric, in slightly more shade and slightly less time.
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