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Plants make at least as important a part of life on this planet as the animals our survival is linked with the huge biodiversity of plants. The study of plants is vital because they are a fundamental part of life on Earth. Besides understanding the fundamental life processes of plants, we should know how the plants help us in producing food, medicine and other important materials for our uses. Let us explore the world of plants and their importance.
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Jatropha curcas : Bio-diesel Tree
Jatropha curcas synonym Curcas purgans commonly called as ‘Physic nut’, 'Purging nut' and 'Barbados nut' is a tropical soft wooded, small deciduous tree native to Central America, wherefrom it was introduced to continents of Asia and Africa by Portuguese seafarers.
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Pongamia pinnata : Indian Bio-diesel Tree
Pongamia pinnata known as Pongam tree is a fast growing, very variable, medium sized, glabrous, evergreen tree species, native to Western Ghats, however the tree species shed its leaves in dry season while growing in a tropical dry environment.
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Periwinkle : An ornamental plant of medicinal value
Periwinkle is an exotic plant species generally grown as ornamental plant either in soil or flower pots in residential and official compounds. It is native of South-eastern and eastern Madagascar found growing as wild plant species in rain forest.
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Congress Grass : An Exotic Weed
Congress grass is a versatile, annual herb belonging to Asteraceae family of flowering plants. It is also known as ‘carrot weed' because of its highly lobed leaves resembling very much to that of carrot plants.
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Ashoka – A Versatile and Valuable Tree
Ashoka is a small to medium sized evergreen tree species growing to a maximum height of 9 meters. Its handsome evergreen drooping foliage and branches spreading in all direction assumes a shapely crown.
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Arjuna- An Invaluable Medicinal Plant
Arjuna is native of Indian sub-continent distributed throughout semi-arid, sub-humid and humid tropical South Asia from Pakistan to Malaysia. It occurs in valleys and plains up to 1200 m. elevation.
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Rauvolfia serpentina
Rauvolfia serpentina has been a medicinal plant of significant importance whose root drug has gone on to become, therapeutically applied worldwide.
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Pigeon pea Genome Sequence
Cell is the structural and functional unit of life and the gene is the essential element for the very existence of any organism whether it is plant or animal.
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