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Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala in Tripura. The palace was built by Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya in 1901 A. D. and the name was given by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

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Normally the most crowded parts of Delhi, Rajouri Garden and Paschim Vihar in West Delhi see hardly any traffic during the March 2020 lockdown.

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Falooda or Faluda is a cold and sweet beverage containing many ingredients very popular in South Asia.

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A herd of wild elephants attack and threaten a tea garden in Assam, India. The labourers get terrified and flee, stopping all tea harvesting and management work.

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Some of the indigenous fruits of India, as grown at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in New Delhi.

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An alpine meadow covered in rare bloom! A June visit to north Sikkim in India yields a rich species list of primulas and Rhododendrons, including Primula strumosa (the yellow one is not sikkimensis!) and glomerata (the blue species) and the…

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Is the white flower Arenaria or perhaps could it be Saxifraga sibirica? Thyme is an evergreen herb with culinary, medicinal and ornamental uses. Thyme is of the genus Thymus, most commonly Thymus vulgaris.

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Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. It is of the genus Camellia of flowering plants in the family Theaceae.

Rajasthan·industry · flowers

Aloe vera is a succulent plant species. Extracts from Aloe vera are widely used in the cosmetics and alternative medicine industries, being marketed as variously having rejuvenating, healing, or soothing properties.

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Nongmangkha (Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis) is a gregarious shrub, common in the Manipur valley. This plant has long orange-red tubular flowers, appearing in upright spikes at the end of branches.

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Plants have feelings, too! See this demonstration of the touch-sensitive nature of the Mimosa plant! The chui mui or chui mui plant that is touch sensitive and seen around India in a range of habitats.

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Tinospora cordifolia commonly known, as “Amrita” or “Guduchi” is an important drug of Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM) and used in medicines since times immemorial.

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Indian Birthwort and Snakeroot are the common names of Aristolochia Indica. In Sanskrit it is known as Sunanda. The plant has been used as a traditional medicine for post-delivery-infections and snakebites.

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Alstonia scholaris is also known by the name of Saitan ka Jhad, Chhatim and Devils tree. The Alstonia scholaris belongs to the family of Apocynaceae. This large green evergreen tree is almost 25 meters high.

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Native to tropical America, Wild Snake Root is a small tree or shrub that will reach 6 ft in height. Leaves are whorled, medium to dark green in color, and occur in groups of 4 unequally-sized leaves at each node.

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Turnera ulmifolia is a small herb or sub-shrub with a wide geographic distribution. This species has been frequently introduced to be used as an ornamental and medicinal herb.

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Cryptolepis buchananii is a less known medicinal plant used for bone fracture. Wax Leaved Climber is a strong woody plant, climbing trees and having ropelike stems. It can grow to 6 m long. Branchlets are pale gray.

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Cuban oregano or plectranthus amboinicus is an herbaceous tropical plant thought to have originated in India.

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Also known as Lehsun bael in India, or garlic creeper, Mansoa alliacea is an evergreen climbing plant native to tropical South America, where it grows wild in the tropical rainforests of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, the Guianas and in Costa Rica.…

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The genus Castanospermum belongs to the Fabaceae family and has only one species - Castanospermum australe, commonly referred to as the Black Bean or the Moreton Bay Chestnut.

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Rambling shrub or small tree with branched pinnate, silky leaves and powder-puff-like balls of conspicuous dark crimson stamens. Calliandra haematocephala is a fast growing shrub that can grow tall but also spreads wide.

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Known by several names all over India (Champak, Chapa, Chenbagam, Leihao, Sopa), the Sampige is as ubiquitously Indian as any flowering tree can get. Ancient texts sing praises of the seductive fragrance of its yellow flowers.

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Wrightia Tictoria is also known as Pala indigo plant or dyers’s oleander . It is widely available in India, Southeast Asia and Australia. It needs mostly dry and little moistness to grow.