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आँकड़ाआँकड़ाLeptadenia pyrotechnicaA leafless broom-like desert shrub that fixes sand and feeds camels.
चौलाईचौलाईAmaranthus tricolorThe monsoon green that grows itself — heat-proof, rain-proof, ready in a month.
पइयांपइयांPrunus cornutaA Himalayan cherry with long fruit racemes that thrushes and bulbuls strip in weeks.कैलकैलPinus wallichianaLong soft needles in fives; the pine of the mid-Himalayan slopes.नील ऑर्किडनील ऑर्किडVanda coeruleaThe blue vanda of Meghalaya — tessellated flowers, and protected in the wild.
ब्राह्मीब्राह्मीBacopa monnieriA creeping marsh herb happy in a wide bowl of wet soil — the one plant you cannot…चम्पाचम्पाPlumeria rubraGrows from a bare cutting pushed into dry soil; scents a whole terrace.चीड़चीड़Pinus roxburghiiThe resin pine of the lower Himalaya, and the needle litter that makes those fires.चिरायताचिरायताSwertia chirayitaAn intensely bitter Himalayan herb of mid-altitude meadows, slow and particular.इस्कुसइस्कुसSechium eduleThe squash that covers a whole roof in one season across the eastern hills.लाल मुर्गालाल मुर्गाCelosia argenteaVelvet crested heads that hold colour for weeks, in sun or half shade.सफेद आकसफेद आकCalotropis proceraThe desert milkweed, smaller than gigantea and even tougher.खीराखीराCucumis sativusFast, thirsty and best trained up a net where air can move around it.संचारीसंचारीDendrobium nobileCane orchid of the eastern hills, flowering along last year’s bare canes.देवदारदेवदारCedrus deodaraThe Himalayan cedar — a slow, magnificent, cold-climate conifer.सहजनसहजनMoringa oleiferaThe fastest useful tree there is — 3 m in a year, edible leaves and pods.