List of seven main cereals and millets:- 1. Wheat 2. Maize 3. Rice 4. Barley 5. Oats 6. Sorghum 7. Pearlmillet. 1. Wheat (Hindi – Gehun): Botanical Name: Triticum aestivum L. emend. Thall. Family: Gramineae or Poaceae 1. It is a cereal crop of family Gramineae. 2. It is the most common food plant. 3. The plant attains a height [...]
The following points highlight the three main types of legumes. Type # 1. Soybean (Hindi – Bhat or Ramkurthi): Botanical Name: Glycine max (L.) Merr. Family: Papilionaceae 1. It is an erect or prostrate, small, bushy annual plant (Fig. 72). 2. Seeds of soybean are the richest natural vegetable food known. 3. The flour, which contains high amount of protein [...]
The following points highlight the top two spices obtained from bark. The spices are: 1. Cassia China 2. Indian Cassia. Spice # 1. Cassia China: Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees.; English—Cassia China; Family—Lauraceae. Cassia China is obtained from C. aromaticum Nees cultivated in China. The bark is the regular cassia China of commerce. Because of its brittle nature, much of the bark [...]