Guide to the Economic Plants of South India

Acacia arabica Acacia leucophloea Acanthaceae Albizzia alkaloid Apocynaceae avenue tree bark bean bee pasturage plant Benth Black BOTANICAL NAMES FAMILY Brassica Cassia Ceylon chettu cidar Citrus climber coffee colouring Compositae creeper Cucurbitaceae Cultivated dry areas eaten by cattle ENGLISH OR POPULAR Euphorbiaceae extracted FAMILY POPULAR fibre Ficus flowers fodder gardens gida gidda gourd Graminae green manure grown hedge plant hemp high elevations hill stations HINDI OR HINDU hullu Indian indica Ipomoea Kaadu Kaattu keerai kilangu kizhangu Kodi latifolia Leguminosae Leguminosae Papilionaceae Liliaceae Linn Madras Malabar mara maram medicinal plant Meliaceae millet Myrtaceae NAMES FAMILY ENGLISH NAMES TAMIL MALAYALAM Native of Tropical Nilgiris officinalis ornamental plant Panicum Papilionaceae Phaseolus POPULAR NAMES TAMIL pullu resin root Roxb rubber Rubiaceae Rutaceae sativa seeds Seemai shrub soppu Sorghum spinach Stapf STHANI NOTES substance obtained TELUGU KANARESE HINDI Terminalia Timber vegetable Verbenaceae weed White Wild Willd Yellow yields