Plan Your Own Aquarium

To most people on the brink of purchasing their first fish tank, anything larger than an aquarium seems like something on which they could install a full size diving board, leap in, and do the backstroke. When optical illusions are

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Santalum Album Cultivation Techniques

SANTALUM ALBUM English Name: SANDALWOOD Habitat This is a small evergreen tree grows wild and is cultivated in Indian states of Mysore, Coorg, Coimbatore, Kerala and in some parts of Malaysia, Australia and Newsland, when growing away from its natural

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Cultivation Methods and Germination Techniques of Atropa Belladonna

English name: Deadly night shade, devils cherry It’s a native of Southern and central Europe and naturalized in South England. It is also found in Western Himalayas. Parts Used Root and leaves. Atropines, alkaloid are extracted from the plant. Uses Belladonna is a valuable antidote in poisoning by opium, muscarine etc. Extract of belladonna is used as external application to relive pain. Cultivation Methods Soil  Belladonna grows well in slightly acid soil. Heavy clay soil which is water logged should be avoided. Climate Belladonna can be grown as winter crop. Continue reading

Mangostin (Garciniz Mangostana)

Propagation : Mangostins and grown from seeds. The fruit generally contains one or two seeds, fertilization doesnot take place in mangostin. Hence advancement in breeding hasnot been achieved to the same measure as in the crop plant. 

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Uses of Azadirachta Indica(Neem)

Parts used Every part of the plants is used – From roofs to flower. Oil from fruit and leaves is a local stimulant, insecticide and antiseptic. Flowers are also stimulant. A decoction of the bark with the addition of a

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Azadirachta Indica (Neem)- Cultivation Methods

Cultivation Method Seeds propagation is the Common method of growing neem trees. Neem tree can also be propagated by vegetative means – shoot cuttings. How to raise plants in Nursery Seeds are collected from June to August. It should be

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Medicinal Plant Cassia Fistula

English Name – Indian Labumum, Golden Shower Tree, Pudding pipe tree Malayalam Name – kanikkonna Scientific Classification Kingdom Plantae Division Magnoliophyta Class Rosopsida Order Fabales Family Fabaceae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Tribe Cassieae Genus Cassia Species C. fistula Nearly

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