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Oil Yielding Plants of India: Mustard, Coconut, Ground Nut and Linseed

The following points highlight the four important oil yielding plants of India. The oil yielding plants are: 1. Mustard 2. Coconut 3. Ground Nut 4. Linseed. Oil Yielding Plant # 1. Mustard (Brassica Campestris Linn): Mustard is a tall herbs, a metre high or more, with pungent juice. Leaves are large alternate, lyrate, rounded at apex; petiole stem clasping, the [...]

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Tea and Coffee Cultivation in India

The following points highlight the two important beverages cultivated in India. The beverages are: 1. Tea Plant 2. Coffee Plant. Beverage # 1. Tea Plant (Camelia Sinensis Linn): Tea plant are evergreen shrubs or short trees, branches glabrous. Leaves of tea plants are simple, alternate, exstipulate; elliptic oblong, serrate, acute at both ends or cuspidate acuminate at apex, silky puberulous [...]

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2 Main Timber Trees Found In India: Teak and Sal

The following points highlight the two famous timber trees found in India. the timber trees are: 1. The Teak 2. The Sal. Timber Tree # 1. The Teak (Tectona Grandis L.F.): The teak is a tall tree, deciduous, with channeled quadrangular branches. Leaves are simple, opposite, elliptic or slightly obovate, acute or acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, scabrous above [...]

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