Regions: Islands & the coast

Scarlet flowers on bare branches in spring; grows from a stuck-in cutting.

The kewda of Odisha — spiny leaves and a male flower distilled for scent.

The white frangipani of temple gardens, tougher than the pink and just as scented.

Flowers every day of the year and asks for nothing. Indigenous to the deccan.

The southern staple root — a stem cutting in June is a meal by March.

A winged-stemmed climber storing a heavy tuber under a monsoon trellis.

A four-angled pod from the north-east and the coasts — every part is edible.