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 eight medicinal plants that are chiefly found in India. The plant are: 1. Sarpagandha 2. Opium Poppy 3. Belladona 4. Datura 5. Quinine 6. Ashvagandha 7. Ocimum 8. Ephedra. 1. Sarpagandha or Serpentine: Botanical Name: Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth.ex Kurz. Family: Apocynaceae 1. It is a small shrub with long leaves, white or pinkish [...]