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कलिहारीकलिहारीGloriosa superbaFlame-red reflexed petals on a climbing lily — the state flower of Tamil Nadu.
रोशा घासरोशा घासCymbopogon martiniiThe palmarosa of the Deccan, distilled for a rose-scented oil.हरसिंगारहरसिंगारNyctanthes arbor-tristisWhite flowers with orange tubes that open at night and are on the ground by dawn.
तेजपत्तातेजपत्ताCinnamomum tamalaThe tejpatta of the sub-Himalayan tract — three-veined leaves, straight off the tree.निर्गुंडीनिर्गुंडीVitex negundoA scrambling roadside shrub with palmate leaves and small blue flower spikes.तिमूरतिमूरZanthoxylum armatumTimur — the numbing hill pepper of the eastern Himalaya, on a thorny shrub.खसखसChrysopogon zizanioidesKhus — a grass whose roots hold a slope together and scent a summer room.जंगली लेमन घासजंगली लेमन घासCymbopogon flexuosusEast Indian lemongrass, distilled in the north-east for citral oil.आमलाआमलाPhyllanthus emblicaFeathery-leaved and drought-hardy; one grafted tree feeds a household in winter.नींबूनींबूCitrus aurantiifoliaKagzi lime — the single most useful pot tree for an Indian household.कटसरैयाकटसरैयाBarleria prionitisA spiny yellow-flowered shrub of dry scrub, unbothered by heat or thin soil.पपीतापपीताCarica papayaFruit inside a year from seed — the fastest fruit a household can grow.लहसुन बेललहसुन बेलMansoa alliaceaPurple trumpet flushes twice a year, and leaves that smell of garlic when crushed.सदाबहारसदाबहारCatharanthus roseusFlowers every day of the year and asks for nothing. Indigenous to the deccan.
लहसुनलहसुनAllium sativumPlant single cloves in October and lift whole bulbs in March.सहजनसहजनMoringa oleiferaThe fastest useful tree there is — 3 m in a year, edible leaves and pods.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.