The following points highlight the three important fibre yielding plants of India. The fibre plants are: 1. Jute 2. Cotton 3. Sisal Hemp. Fibre Plant # 1. Jute (Corchorus Capsularis Linn): Jute plants are undershrub's up to 75 cm. high or taller. Leaves are simple, ovate to elliptic, stipulate, serrate, acute or shortly acuminate, rounded at base and often tailed [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]