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
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
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.
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
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
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
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