Purple Mangosteen (Thekera)
Indian Name : Thekera
Scientific Name : Garcinia mangostana
Part Used : Fruit
Systematic Positions :
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Genus: Garcinia
Species: G. mangostana...
Neem (Neem)
Indian Name : Neem
Scientific Name : Azadirachta indica
Part Used : Leaves
Systematic Positions :
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Azadirachta
Species: A. indica
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Yam bean (Shakalu)
Indian name: Shakalu
Scientific name: Pachyrhizus tuberosa
Part used: Underground stem
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Genus: Pachyrhizus
Species: P. tuberosa
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Winged bean (Kamrana sheem)
Indian name: Kamrana sheem
Scientific name: Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Part used: legume
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Genus: Psophocarpus
Species: P. tetragonolobus
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Wood sorrel (Amrulshak)
Indian name: Amrulshak
Scientific name: Oxalis europaea
Part used: leaf
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species: O. europaea
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White yam (Matey alu)
Indian name: Matey alu
Scientific name: Dioscorea alata
Part used: underground modified stem
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: D. alata
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Wax gourd (Chal kumda)
Indian name: Chal kumda
Scientific name: Benincasa hispida
Part used: fruit
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Benincasa
Species: B. hispida
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Watermelon (Tarmuj)
Indian name: Tarmuj
Scientific name: Citrullus lanatus
Part used: fruit
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Citrullus
Species: C. lanatus
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Water spinach (Kolmi)
Indian name: Kolmi
Scientific name: Ipomoea aquatica
Part used: leaf and shoot
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: I. aquatica
Medicinal properties & Food...
Water plantain (Shamkala)
Indian name: Shamkala
Scientific name: Ottelia alismoides
Part used:
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Ottelia
Species: O. alismoides
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