Systematic Classification: Common Name: Waterhyssop, Waterhyssop, Brahmi, Thyme-leafedgratiola, Indian pennywort. General information: Bacopa monnieri is a non-aromatic herb. The leaves of this plant are succulent, oblong, and 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) thick. Leaves are oblanceolate and are arranged oppositely on the stem. The flowers are small, actinomorphic and white, with four to five petals. It […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Satawar, Satamuli, Satavari. General Information: Asparagus racemosus (satavar, shatavari, or shatamull, shatawari) is a species of asparagus common throughout India and the Himalayas. It grows 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in–6 ft 7 in) tall and prefers to take root in gravelly, rocky soils high up in piedmont plains, at 1,300–1,400 […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Jack fruit, Pilavu, Kottachakka, Chakka maram, General Information: Evergreen trees grow up to 20 m tall. Trunk usually tubercled; bark blackish-grey, lenticels reddish-brown, irregularly flaky; blaze cream. Branchlets terete, glabrous. Latex white, profuse. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules oblong or lanceolate, to 5 x 1.8 cm, caducous, leaving annular scar; petiole […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Indian birthwort, Garudakodi,Kudukkamooli. General information: Aristolochia indica (native language: Garudakkodi / Eswaramooli) is a creeper plant found in Southern India and also Sri Lanka. This plant is critical to the survival of the southern birdwing and common birdwing, as well as crimson and common rose butterflies. It reaches a height of […]