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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।

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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.

मेस्ता (मेस्ता), Hibiscus sabdariffa var.तमरिल्लोतमरिल्लोSolanum betaceumEgg-shaped tart fruit on a soft-wooded small tree of the eastern hills.मेस्ता (मेस्ता), Hibiscus sabdariffa var.इस्कुसइस्कुसSechium eduleThe squash that covers a whole roof in one season across the eastern hills.कागजी नेमु (कागजी नेमु), Citrus limon var.खासी संतराखासी संतराCitrus reticulataThe loose-skinned orange of the Khasi and Jaintia hills, ripe in December.मेस्ता (मेस्ता), Hibiscus sabdariffa var.गुरलुगुरलुCoix lacryma-jobiHard glossy grain used as food, as beads and as a brewing grain in the hills.मेस्ता (मेस्ता), Hibiscus sabdariffa var.चीनाचीनाPanicum miliaceumA short-season millet of the northern hills, sown when the season has been lost.संजीवनी (संजीवनी), Selaginella bryopterisबड़ी इलायचीबड़ी इलायचीAmomum subulatumThe smoked black cardamom of Sikkim, grown under alder shade.मेस्ता (मेस्ता), Hibiscus sabdariffa var.कमल ककड़ीकमल ककड़ीNelumbo nucifera (rhizome)The same lotus, grown in deep mud for the crisp rhizome of the Kashmiri kitchen.कागजी नेमु (कागजी नेमु), Citrus limon var.रिंगालरिंगालDrepanostachyum falcatumThe slender hill bamboo of Uttarakhand, cut for baskets and matting.द्रौपदी माला (द्रौपदी माला), Rhynchostylis retusaजपाजपाHibiscus syriacusA hardier deciduous hibiscus for the hills, flowering through the monsoon.कागजी नेमु (कागजी नेमु), Citrus limon var.बांजबांजQuercus leucotrichophoraThe banj oak that holds the water in a Himalayan hillside; slow, dense and vital.कागजी नेमु (कागजी नेमु), Citrus limon var.उतीसउतीसAlnus nepalensisA nitrogen-fixing pioneer of Himalayan landslides and north-eastern jhum fallows.कागजी नेमु (कागजी नेमु), Citrus limon var.पांगरपांगरAesculus indicaBig palmate leaves and white flower candles in the western Himalayan valleys.द्रौपदी माला (द्रौपदी माला), Rhynchostylis retusaचीलचीलCallistemon citrinusRed brushes of stamens on drooping branches; a hardy naturalised garden tree.कागजी नेमु (कागजी नेमु), Citrus limon var.वन आमवन आमMangifera sylvaticaThe forest ancestor of the orchard mango, still fruiting in eastern hill forest.द्रौपदी माला (द्रौपदी माला), Rhynchostylis retusaकिलमोड़ाकिलमोड़ाBerberis asiaticaA thorny yellow-wooded Himalayan shrub with blue berries and traditional root use.कागजी नेमु (कागजी नेमु), Citrus limon var.चुलीचुलीPrunus armeniacaThe chuli of Ladakh and Kinnaur — blossom in April, fruit and kernel oil by July.

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By regionEach entry notes where the plant grows well across India, from the Gangetic plain to coastal soils.
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Checked by a botanistNames and facts are reviewed before publication; traditional uses are labelled as traditional.