The below mentioned article provides a quick notes on Useful Plants in India. The animals as well as man depend much upon plants for the sustenance of their lives. Many animals, birds and insects are herbivores and the plants provide them shelter. The mankind use plants as food, medicine and fuel, as materials for constructing their houses, for manufacturing their [...]
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 [...]