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Heavy coastal monsoon, mild winters. Drainage matters more here than watering.
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Aak Bushआँकड़ाLeptadenia pyrotechnicaA leafless broom-like desert shrub that fixes sand and feeds camels.
Ajwain Leafअजवाइन पत्ताPlectranthus amboinicusThick scented leaves on a succulent stem; one plant fills a windowsill pot for years.
AmaranthचौलाईAmaranthus tricolorThe monsoon green that grows itself — heat-proof, rain-proof, ready in a month.
AmlaआमलाPhyllanthus emblicaFeathery-leaved and drought-hardy; one grafted tree feeds a household through winter.Arabian JasmineमोगराJasminum sambacA pot by an open window does more for a summer evening than any air freshener.Ash GourdपेठाBenincasa hispidaThe big white-waxed gourd of the south, stored for months after harvest.AshokaअशोकSaraca asocaOrange flower clusters straight off the trunk — a sacred tree, now threatened.Ashoka Treeसीता अशोकSaraca asocaThe true ashoka — orange flower clusters on a small shade-loving tree of wet forest.
Ashwagandhaअश्वगंधाWithania somniferaDrought-tolerant root herb for a hot sunny corner; needs almost nothing once established.BaboolबबूलVachellia niloticaThorny, nitrogen-fixing and useful on land nobody else will plant.BaelबेलAegle marmelosA slow, tough native tree for a hot courtyard, with fruit that makes the summer sherbet.BambooबांसBambusa balcooaThe fastest usable material on earth; one clump supplies poles for years.BananaकेलाMusa acuminataA single sucker in a corner gives shade, cooking leaves and, in time, fruit.Bans Kabanकबान बांसDendrocalamus strictusThe dry-country bamboo of central India, solid-stemmed and drought-hardy.BarleriaकटसरैयाBarleria prionitisA spiny yellow-flowered shrub of dry scrub, unbothered by heat or thin soil.BerबेरZiziphus mauritianaThe fruit of the dry west, cropping where irrigation is impossible.