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Fibre Yielding Plants of India: Jute, Cotton and Sisal Hemp

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 [...]

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2 Main Timber Trees Found In India: Teak and Sal

The following points highlight the two famous timber trees found in India. the timber trees are: 1. The Teak 2. The Sal. Timber Tree # 1. The Teak (Tectona Grandis L.F.): The teak is a tall tree, deciduous, with channeled quadrangular branches. Leaves are simple, opposite, elliptic or slightly obovate, acute or acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, scabrous above [...]

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2 Medicinal Plant That Grows in India: Quinine and Sarpagandha

The following points highlight the two important medicinal plant grows in India. The medicinal plant are: 1. Quinine 2. Sarpagandha. Medicinal Plant # 1. Quinine (Cinchona): Quinine is a evergreen shrubs or trees with bitter bark. Leaves opposite, stipulate; stipules interpetiolar, caducous. Flowers in terminal panicles, hermaphrodite, regular, pentamerous, epigynous. Calyx 5 - toothed, pubescent, persistent. Corolla tubular, 5-lobed, pubescent [...]

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