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चौलाईचौलाईAmaranthus tricolorThe monsoon green that grows itself — heat-proof, rain-proof, ready in a month.
आमलाआमलाPhyllanthus emblicaFeathery-leaved and drought-hardy; one grafted tree feeds a household through winter.
बेलबेलAegle marmelosA slow, tough native tree for a hot courtyard, with fruit that makes the summer sherbet.
केलाकेलाMusa acuminataA single sucker in a corner gives shade, cooking leaves and, in time, fruit.
भृंगराजभृंगराजEclipta prostrataA low monsoon weed of wet ground, gathered for hair oil for as long as anyone remembers.
भूमि आमलाभूमि आमलाPhyllanthus niruriA tiny monsoon herb that appears in every wet pot, with fruit strung under the leaf.
गुड़हलगुड़हलHibiscus rosa-sinensisFlowers nearly all year in a warm city, and sunbirds find it within a week.
कढ़ी पत्ताकढ़ी पत्ताMurraya koenigiiA small tree that lives happily in a deep pot and gives leaves all year.
नील कांटानील कांटाDuranta erectaBlue flower sprays and orange berries at once; the standard clipped Indian hedge.
अशोकअशोकMonoon longifoliumThe narrow green column planted along every Indian driveway and boundary wall.
सेमसेमLablab purpureusThe winter sem of the plains, purple-flowered and heavy-cropping on a fence.
गिलोयगिलोयTinospora cordifoliaA climbing vine of the monsoon, long used in home remedies and generous with shade.
अमरूदअमरूदPsidium guajavaThe most forgiving fruit tree for a small Indian garden or a big pot.
रक्त पुष्परक्त पुष्पHamelia patensOrange tubular flowers, continuously, and the sunbirds that follow them.
गुड़हलगुड़हलHibiscus rosa-sinensisFlowers nearly all year in a warm city, and sunbirds find it within a week.
कुलथीकुलथीMacrotyloma uniflorumThe hardiest pulse of the dry deccan, grown where rain is unreliable.