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Ajwain Leafअजवाइन पत्ताPlectranthus amboinicusThick scented leaves on a succulent stem; one plant fills a windowsill pot for years.
AmlaआमलाPhyllanthus emblicaFeathery-leaved and drought-hardy; one grafted tree feeds a household through winter.Arjunअर्जुनTerminalia arjunaA riverbank giant with pale bark — a campus or park tree, not a pot.Arjunaअर्जुनTerminalia arjunaA riverbank giant with pale bark — a tree for a campus or a colony park, not a…AshokaअशोकSaraca asocaOrange flower clusters straight off the trunk — a sacred tree, now threatened.
Ashoka Treeसीता अशोकSaraca asocaThe true ashoka — orange flower clusters on a small shade-loving tree of wet forest.
Ashwagandhaअश्वगंधाWithania somniferaDrought-tolerant root herb for a hot sunny corner; needs almost nothing once established.BaelबेलAegle marmelosA slow, tough native tree for a hot courtyard, with fruit that makes the summer sherbet.Bahedaबहेड़ाTerminalia belliricaThe third triphala fruit, from a broad-crowned tree of dry deciduous forest.BarleriaकटसरैयाBarleria prionitisA spiny yellow-flowered shrub of dry scrub, unbothered by heat or thin soil.Bay Leaf Treeतेजपत्ताCinnamomum tamalaThe tejpatta of the sub-Himalayan tract — three-veined leaves, straight off the tree.BhringrajभृंगराजEclipta prostrataA low monsoon weed of wet ground, gathered for hair oil for as long as anyone remembers.Bhumi Amlaभूमि आमलाPhyllanthus niruriA tiny monsoon herb that appears in every wet pot, with fruit strung under the leaf.
Bitter GourdकरेलाMomordica charantiaA tough climber that fruits through the worst humidity of the year.Brahmiब्राह्मीBacopa monnieriA creeping marsh herb happy in a wide bowl of wet soil — the one plant you cannot…CloveलौंगSyzygium aromaticumA slow evergreen of the wet south-west, harvested as unopened flower buds.