The following points highlight the three main pulses cultivated in India. The pulses are: 1. Pea 2. Gram 3. Mung. Pulse # 1. Pea (Pisum Sativum Linn): Pea is a glaucous annual herb. Leaves are paripinnate, alternate; the leaf-rachis produced to form a branched tendril; leaflets 4-6, sharply toothed; stipules large, ovate, semicordate, irregularly toothed at base; leaflets 2 × [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]