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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.
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स्टैगहॉर्नस्टैगहॉर्नPlatycerium wallichiiAn antler-shaped epiphytic fern of Assam’s forests, mounted on a board.
मेस्तामेस्ताHibiscus sabdariffa var.The sour leaf of Assam and Manipur, cooked with fish and pork.तमरिल्लोतमरिल्लोSolanum betaceumEgg-shaped tart fruit on a soft-wooded small tree of the eastern hills.इस्कुसइस्कुसSechium eduleThe squash that covers a whole roof in one season across the eastern hills.
कागजी नेमुकागजी नेमुCitrus limon var.The thin-skinned Assam lemon, fragrant enough to scent a whole kitchen.गुरलुगुरलुCoix lacryma-jobiHard glossy grain used as food, as beads and as a brewing grain in the hills.
द्रौपदी मालाद्रौपदी मालाRhynchostylis retusaThe kopou phul of Assam — hanging foxtail sprays, and the flower of Bihu.नील ऑर्किडनील ऑर्किडVanda coeruleaThe blue vanda of Meghalaya — tessellated flowers, and protected in the wild.खुरखुरीखुरखुरीHydrocotyle sibthorpioidesA tiny creeping mat for the wet edge of a tub — the softest possible ground cover.धानधानOryza sativaHalf the country’s calories — and a bucket of it on a terrace teaches more than any book.गुलाब जामुनगुलाब जामुनSyzygium jambosPale crisp fruit that smells of rose water, on a small spreading evergreen.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.राजा मिर्चराजा मिर्चCapsicum frutescensSmall upright fruit on a woody perennial that crops for years in the hills.मैरोई नकुप्पीमैरोई नकुप्पीAllium hookeriThe thick-rooted chive of Manipur, eaten root and leaf together.अरबीअरबीColocasia esculentaBig heart leaves on a wet corner; the corm below and the leaf above both go to the…
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