Flora
taro, (Colocasia esculenta), also called eddo or dasheen, herbaceous plant of the arum family (Araceae) and its edible rootlike corm. Taro is probably native to southeastern Asia, whence it spread to Pacific islands and became a staple crop.
arbiTaro, or Colocasia esculenta, is prepared in each state in its own special way. It is called arbi in Hindi, kochu in Bangla, chempu in Tamil, alu in Marathi, kesave in Kannada, chama in Telugu, chembu in Malayalam and venti in Konkani.
Taro: In which you can eat both shoots and leaves
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/food/taro-in-which-you-can-eat-both-shoots-and-leaves-73756
Kochur Loti Kosha / Bengali Kochur loti Recipe / Traditional Recipe:
RECIPE
COLOCASIA STOLONS
Ingredients
Kochur loti: 250 g (cleaned and cut in 2 inch pieces)
Nigella seeds: 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds: 1 tablespoon
Poppy seeds: 1/3 tablespoon
Red chilli powder: 1/2 teaspoon
Sugar: 1 teaspoon
Green chillies: 6
Turmeric powder: 1 teaspoon
Mustard oil: 4 to 5 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Method
Parboil kochur loti and drain water. Make a paste of mustard and poppy seeds, and 3 green chillies. Heat oil in a wok. Add nigella seeds, 3 slit green chillies, red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Add mustard and poppy seed paste. Within a minute drop in parboiled loti and mix. Add salt and sugar. Let it cook. Serve with white rice
What flower is pig shit? Uses and uses to treat diseases
name of Ageratum conyzoides, belongs to the Asteraceae family.
Vishamushti जंगली पुदीना
Black Nightshade
Scientific name: Solanum nigrum
Groundsel
Scientific name: Senecio vulgaris
Groundsels have small yellow flowers that stay open for much of the year. As they prepare to seed, they drop their petals and turn fluffy and white, much like a dandelion.
Oxalis
Oxalis has five petaled yellow flowers, and can be mistaken for a clover.
Scientific name: Corniculata
The oxalis is a weed with attractive 5-petal flowers. The colors vary from white to pink to red and yellow. Regardless of the base color, oxalises have many stripes running from their center to the tips of their petals.
Quickweed
Quickweed is surprisingly part of the sunflower family of plants.
Scientific name: Galinsoga parviflora
You can’t tell that quickweed is part of the sunflower family by looking at its flower, but that’s exactly what it is. It contains a small, round yellow center with five tiny white petals surrounding it. Each petal has space between it, and they seem disproportionately small compared to this weed’s center.
Common name: Tridax Daisy, Coat Buttons, Mexican Daisy • Assamese: কুৰকুৰি বন kurkuri bon, পুতলী বন putoli bon, ত্রিধারা tridhara • Bengali: কানাইয়া kanaiya, কানফুলি kanaphuli, পরদেশি ভাঙড়া pardesi bhangara, ত্রিদক্ষ tridaksa, ত্রিধারা tridhara • Gujarati: ઘાબુરી ghaburi, પરદેશી ભાંગરો pardeshi bhangaro • Hindi: कानफुली kanphuli, कुमढ़ा kumra • Kachchhi: વિલાતી ભંગરો vilati bhangaro • Kannada: ಅಡ್ಡಿಕೆಸೊಪ್ಪು Addike soppu ಅಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು Attige soppu, ಗಬ್ಬು ಸಣ್ಣ ಶಾವಂತಿ Gabbu sanna shaavanthi, ನೆಟ್ಟ ಗಬ್ಬು ಶಾವಂತಿ Netta gabbu shaavanthi, ತೀಕೆ Teeke • Malayalam: ചിരവനാക്ക് cheeravanakk, കുമ്മിണിപ്പച്ച kumminippachcha, കുറികൂട്ടിചീര kurikutticheera, മുകുത്തി പൂ mukutti pu, മുറിയമ്പച്ചില muriyampachchila, ഒടിയൻചീര otiyacheera, റെയിൽപൂച്ചെടി reyipuchcheti, സാനിപൂവ് sanipuv, തേളുക്കുത്തി telukkutti • Marathi: बंदुकीचे फूल bandukiche phul, दगडी पाला dagadi paala, एकदांडी ekdandi, जखमजुडी jakhamjudi, कंबरमोडी kambarmodi • Nepali: हुसुरे झार husure jhaar, कुरकुरे झार kurakure jhaar, पुतली झार putalee jhaar, रम्ने झार ramne jhaar • Odia: ବିଶଲ୍ଯ କରଣୀ bishalya karani • Rajasthani: कागला री मेहंदी kagla ri mehndi • Sanskrit: जयन्ती वेद jayanti veda, क्षुद्र सेवन्तिका kshudra sevantika • Tamil: கிணற்றுப்பாசான் kinarruppacan, வெட்டுக்காயப் பூண்டு vettukkaya-p-puntu • Telugu: గడ్డి చామంతి gaddi chamanthi • Tulu: ನೆಲ ಸೆವಂತಿಗೆ nela sevanthige
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Tridax%20Daisy.html
Tridax procumbens
Tridax procumbens, commonly known as coatbuttons or tridax daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is best known as a widespread weed and pest plant.
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/299616003/fullscreen
Sarpagandha (Hindi: सर्पगंधा)
Apocynaceae (dogbane, or oleander family) » Rauvolfia serpentina raau-FO-feeah — named for Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician, botanist and travellerser-pen-TEE-nuh — from Latin serpentine, referring to a snake commonly known as: Indian snakeroot, java devil pepper, ichneumon-plant, insanity herb, rauvolfia root, rauwolfia, serpentine wood, snakeroot, snakewood • Assamese: arachoritita • Bengali: চন্দ্র chandra • Gujarati: સર્પગંધા sarpagandha • Hindi: chandrabhaga, छोटा चांद chota-chand, नाकुली nakuli, सर्पगंधा sarpagandha • Kannada: ಸರ್ಪಗನ್ಧ sarpangandha, ಸರ್ಪಗನ್ಧೀ sarpagandhi, ಶಿವನಾಭಿಬಳ್ಳಿ shivanabhiballi, sutranavi, ಪತಾಳಗನ್ಧೀ patalagandhi • Malayalam: അമല്പൊരി amalpori, chuvannavilpori, സര്പ്പഗന്ധി sarppagandhi, suvapavalporiyam • Marathi: harkaya, harki, नाकुली nakuli • Oriya: patalagarar, sanochado • Sanskrit: चन्द्रिका chandrika, नाकुली nakuli, पातालगरुड patalgaruda, सर्पगंधा sarpagandha • Tamil: chevanamalpodi • Telugu: patalaguni, patalagaruda, sarpagandha • Ur
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Blue taro is a perennial plant producing arrow-shaped leaves from a short, thick underground rhizome. The leaves are 20 – 50cm long on petioles 30 – 70cm long. The plant is often cultivated for its edible roots and leaves in parts of the tropics[ Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Xanthosoma Violaceum
Hibiscus
Basil
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Curry Tree or Plant
Elephant Foot Yam
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Haldi
Custard apple
sharifa
calamansi (?) Lime
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Talinum paniculatum is a succulent subshrub in the family Talinaceae that is native to much of North and South America, and the Caribbean countries. It is commonly known as fameflower, Jewels-of-Opar, or pink baby’s-breath
Sahjan
Moringa
Mango
Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, is a species of Calotropis native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, China, Pakistan, and Nepal. It is a large shrub growing to 4 m tall. It has clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in colour
dichrostachys cinerea
शमी
Aloe Vera
Mimosa pudica is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, defending themselves from harm, and re-open a few minutes later.
