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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.
खासी संतराखासी संतराCitrus reticulataThe loose-skinned orange of the Khasi and Jaintia hills, ripe in December.गुरलुगुरलुCoix lacryma-jobiHard glossy grain used as food, as beads and as a brewing grain in the hills.चीनाचीनाPanicum miliaceumA short-season millet of the northern hills, sown when the season has been lost.
बड़ी इलायचीबड़ी इलायचीAmomum subulatumThe smoked black cardamom of Sikkim, grown under alder shade.रिंगालरिंगालDrepanostachyum falcatumThe slender hill bamboo of Uttarakhand, cut for baskets and matting.
जपाजपाHibiscus syriacusA hardier deciduous hibiscus for the hills, flowering through the monsoon.उतीसउतीसAlnus nepalensisA nitrogen-fixing pioneer of Himalayan landslides and north-eastern jhum fallows.चीलचीलCallistemon citrinusRed brushes of stamens on drooping branches; a hardy naturalised garden tree.वन आमवन आमMangifera sylvaticaThe forest ancestor of the orchard mango, still fruiting in eastern hill forest.तेजपत्तातेजपत्ताCinnamomum tamalaThe tejpatta of the sub-Himalayan tract — three-veined leaves, straight off the tree.टूनटूनToona ciliataA tall hill-forest tree with pinnate leaves and scented pink-tinged timber.सिलमसिलमPerilla frutescensSesame-like seeds used across the eastern Himalaya in chutney and oil.तिमूरतिमूरZanthoxylum armatumTimur — the numbing hill pepper of the eastern Himalaya, on a thorny shrub.चिउराचिउराAesandra butyraceaThe Himalayan butter tree, giving cooking fat and an enormous honey flow.Not sure where to start?
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By regionEach entry notes where the plant grows well across India, from the Gangetic plain to coastal soils.
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Checked by a botanistNames and facts are reviewed before publication; traditional uses are labelled as traditional.