Month: March 2019

MASTAGI English : Mastic/Mastiche/Mastiche tree Urdu : Mastagi/Mastaki/Rumi Mastagi Telugu : Rumardhakamu/Pilli-Kandla-guggilan Description : Mastiche tree is indigeneous to the Mediterranean countries.Mastiche is an oleo-resin which exudes from the punctured bark of the tree and hardents. Mastiche occurs in small…

MARWA English : Sweet or Common Marjorum/Origanum Urdu : Marwa/Murwa Telugu : Maruvamu Description : Origanum or common Marjorum plant is a variety of Ocimum and grows upto 30-90cm high.When it fresh,it has a strong,characterstic ,aromatic, agreeable odour and a…

MAKO English : Common or Black Night-Shade Urdu : Mako/Kaamuni/Kamuni Telugu : Kamanchi chettu/Kamanchi/Kachi Description : This is a well-known leafy annual plant,having numerous and bluish green branches,ovoid leaves with wavy margin,small and white flowers,and pepper-sized fruits,growing in clusters,dark green…

LEMU English : Lemon Urdu : Lemu/Lembu/Nembu/Nenbu/Bara Nebu Telugu : Bijapuram/Pedda Nimba Description : It is a small glabrous tree 3-6 m high with stout and stiff thorns. Leaves are pale-green,oblong to elliptic, ovate 5-10 cm long,short-pointed or obtuse,flowers,solitary or…

LAKH English :Lac Urdu : Lakh/Lac/Luc Telugu : Laksha/Lacca/Lukkah Description : Lac is a resinous substance of reddish or dark-brown colour with a disagreeable smell. It is produced and deposited by a small insect on the twigs of big trees…

KUNJAD English : Sesame/Gingerlly Urdu : Til/Tiloun ka Talil Telugu : Nuvulu Description : This is a small bush about 45-90 cm high. Leaves are large, thin hairy upto 12.5 cm long and lower leaves are lobed and toothed. Flowers…

KULTHI English : Horse-gram Urdu : Kulthi Telugu : Ulavalu Description : It is grown as a dry crop on poor soils and is hardy and draught resitant. It is a native of india and the important areas are Madras,…

KHURMA English : Edible dates/Dried dates Urdu : Pend Khajur/Khurma/Chhuhara Telugu : Ita/Kharjuramu Description : This is a tall tree, a native of Arabia but now cultivated in India and Pakistan.It is upto 36m in high and its trunk is…

KHULANJAN English : Grater Galangale Urdu : Khilanjan/Kulanjan/Badi kulanjan Telugu : Pedda Dampa Description : It is a herbaceous plant 2 m high,having lanceolate and smooth with white margin leaves,small greenish white flowers about 3 cm long and orange red…

KHUBBAZI English : Common mallow Urdu : Khubbazi/Tukhm-e-Khubbazi Telugu : Trikalamalli Description : It is an erect, branched and woody biennialor perennial 30-120 cm high plant.It is wild and grows as a weed but is also cultivated in the gardens.…