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Grihvatika Journal

Regions: west

Karanj

Glossy-leaved and salt-tolerant, with seed oil once used in every lamp.

Teak

The timber tree of the deccan, straight-boled and deep-rooted.

Bamboo

The fastest usable material on earth; one clump supplies poles for years.

Sweet Orange

Mosambi — a grafted tree in a big tub crops well in the west and centre.

Indian Almond

Tiered branches and huge leaves that turn red before falling — a coastal shade tree.

Fig

Two crops a year in the west, and content in a large container.

Pomegranate

Handsome, thorny and productive on poor dry soil; good in a big pot.

Sapota

Evergreen, wind-firm and cropping twice a year on the coasts.

Coconut

The tree the coasts are built on — water, kernel, oil, thatch and shade.

Cashew

A coastal tree that fruits on poor laterite where almost nothing else does.