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Rauvolfia vomitoria, the poison devil's-pepper, [3] is a plant species in the genus Rauvolfia. It is native from Senegal east to Sudan and Tanzania, south to Angola; and naturalized in China, Bangladesh, different ranges of Himalayan and Puerto Rico. [4] The plant contains a number of compounds of interest to the pharmaceutical industry and is widely used in traditional medicine .
Definition and etymology[edit] Adivasi is the collective term for the tribes of the Indian subcontinent, [3] who are claimed to be the indigenous people of India [18] [19] prior to the Dravidians [20] and Indo-Aryans. It refers to "any of various ethnic groups considered to be the original inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent." [3]
^According to Part XVII of the Constitution of India, Hindiin the Devanagariscript is the official languageof the Union, along with Englishas an additional official language. [1][6][7]States and union territoriescan have a different official language of their own other than Hindi or English.
Sumac or sumach [a] ( / ˈsuːmæk, ˈʃuː -/ S (H)OO-mak, UK also / ˈsjuː -/) is any of about 35 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus and related genera in the cashew family ( Anacardiaceae ). Sumacs grow in subtropical and temperate regions throughout every continent except Antarctica and South America. [4] [5] [6] Sumac is used as a spice, as a dye, and in medicine.
Ficus benghalensis, or Ficus indica commonly known as the banyan, banyan fig and Indian banyan, [2] is a tree native to the Indian Subcontinent. Specimens in India are among the largest trees in the world by canopy coverage. It is also known as a "strangler fig" because like many other trees in the genus Ficus it starts out as epiphyte, that is, leaning on another tree that it ends up suffocating.
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum [2] ( / ˈsɔːrɡəm /) and also known as great millet, [3] broomcorn, [4] guinea corn, [5] durra, [6] imphee, [7] jowar, [8] or milo, [9] is a species in the grass genus Sorghum cultivated for its grain. The grain is used for food for humans; the plant is used for animal feed and ethanol production. Sorghum originated in Africa, and is now cultivated ...
Dalbergia sissoo, known commonly as North Indian rosewood or shisham, [3] is a fast-growing, hardy, deciduous rosewood tree native to the Indian subcontinent and southern Iran. D. sissoo is a large, crooked tree with long, leathery leaves and whitish or pink flowers.
In Hindi, it is called desi chana 'native chickpea' or kala chana 'black chickpea', and in Assamese, it is called boot or chholaa boot. It can be hulled and split to make chana dal, Kurukshetra Prasadam (channa laddu), [21] and bootor daali .