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वनीलावनीलाVanilla planifoliaA climbing orchid that must be hand-pollinated flower by flower, at dawn.
काली मिर्चकाली मिर्चPiper nigrumThe vine that made the Malabar coast; needs a tree to climb and constant humidity.
मान कचुमान कचुAlocasia macrorrhizosEnormous upright leaves for a wet shaded corner — architecture rather than a crop.
गुड़हलगुड़हलHibiscus rosa-sinensisFlowers nearly all year in a warm city, and sunbirds find it within a week.
काली मिर्चकाली मिर्चPiper nigrumThe vine that made the Malabar coast; needs a tree to climb and constant humidity.
दालचीनीदालचीनीCinnamomum verumCoppiced for its inner bark; the leaf is a spice in its own right.
कागज़ी नीम्बूकागज़ी नीम्बूCitrus hystrixDouble-lobed aromatic leaves used across the north-east and the far south.
बिलिम्बीबिलिम्बीAverrhoa bilimbiSour fruit straight off the trunk, in constant supply on the wet coasts.
कमरखकमरखAverrhoa carambolaRibbed yellow fruit several times a year on a compact tree.
अबोलीअबोलीCrossandra infundibuliformisThe abolí of southern flower markets — orange fans, picked daily.
पपीतापपीताCarica papayaFruit inside a year from seed — the fastest fruit a household can grow.
केलाकेलाMusa acuminataA single sucker in a corner gives shade, cooking leaves and, in time, fruit.
गुलचीनगुलचीनPlumeria albaThe white frangipani of temple gardens, tougher than the pink and just as scented.
रुग्मिनीरुग्मिनीIxora coccineaCompact evergreen with flower heads butterflies work all morning.
सदाबहारसदाबहारCatharanthus roseusFlowers every day of the year and asks for nothing. Indigenous to the deccan.
गुड़हलगुड़हलHibiscus rosa-sinensisFlowers nearly all year in a warm city, and sunbirds find it within a week.Not sure where to start?
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How the library is organised
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.