Description : Citrullus lanatus called watermelon belongs to the genus Citrullus and family Cucurbitaceae. This plant is originally from southern Africa, and is one of the most common types of melon. The watermelon fruit, loosely considered a type of melon has a smooth exterior rind and a juicy, sweet interior flesh. Watermelons are annual plants […]
Description : Muskmelon Seeds is another name for cantaloupes, casaba and other melons with a musky, sweet scent. These are vigorous plants with good foliage cover. It has extended shelf life with good keeping quality and good taste. Muskmelons are varieties of melons that may have orange, green or white edible flesh. This delicious fruit […]
Description : Karela also known as Bitter melon/ bitter gourd or Momordica charantia is especially useful in diabetes as it stimulates Pancreas, Liver and spleen; improves absorption of food and better regulation of blood sugar level. Workings of liver determine a lot about skin health so Karela also benefits in skin diseases. It is also […]
Description : The castor bean plant, an erect, tropical shrub or small tree, grows up to 30 feet tall. The flat seeds are in a seedpod that explodes when ripen. All the top of the stem and stalks are the inflorescence with the male – and female flowers. The seeds of castor bean or castor […]
Description : Prickly Sesban is an erect, somewhat woody, low annual subshrub, growing up to 7 m tall. Usually it is seen only 2 m tall. Stems are fairly thick, hairless, branched from the base but soft and pithy. Leaves are up to 38 cm long, compound, with 18–55 pairs of leaflets, 1.2–2.5 cm long, […]
Description : Patola Patra Trichosanthes dioica or pointed gourd is recommended in liver disorders. It nourishes the liver and corrects all its functions. Working of the digestive system and the skin health are directly related with the working of liver. So Patola Patra also benefits in these conditions also. Patola Patra is a soft laxative […]
Description : It has prickly stems and small, fluffy, ball shaped pink flowers in summer. It grows to a height of 50 cm with a spread of 30 cm. In some areas this plant is becoming a noxious weed. The stem is erect, slender and branching. The leaves are bipinnate, fern like and pale green- […]
Description : Broken Bones Tree is a native tree often grown as an ornamental for its strange appearance. The long, podded fruits hang down from bear branches, looking like dangling sickles or swords in the night. Additionally, after the large leaf stalks wither, they fall off the tree and collect near the base of the […]
Description : Wild Indigo grows as common wasteland weed. In many parts it is under cultivation as green manure crop. Its is a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods. This plant contains a mild toxin called tephrosin which chemically stuns fish but does not […]
Description : The dried root bark has abortifacient, alterative, anthelmintic, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic, bitter, depurative, digestive, emetic, expectorant, febrifuge, laxative, stomachic and tonic properties that relieves strangury, cures ulcers and acts as an expectorant. It is also used in enlargement of spleen, asthma and dysentery. Calotropin, extracted from the roots, has been found to be effective […]