Regions: West India

The abolí of southern flower markets — orange fans, picked daily.

Curtains of orange through the cool months on a big pergola.

The tree the subcontinent is organised around; a grafted plant fruits in four years.

One tree feeds a street. Green for sabzi, ripe for the sweetest fruit there is.

The most forgiving fruit tree for a small Indian garden or a big pot.

Fruit inside a year from seed — the fastest fruit a household can grow.

A single sucker in a corner gives shade, cooking leaves and, in time, fruit.

A small deccan tree that fruits on very little water and poor soil.

Blue butterfly pea — a light climber that fixes nitrogen and makes blue tea.

Passion flower — intricate blooms and the host plant of tawny coster butterflies.