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Jatropha curcas *Family- Euphorbiace *Location-Babhnan Basti Uttar Pradesh India

*Botanical name -Jatropha curcas

*Family- Euphorbiace

*Location-Babhnan Basti Uttar Pradesh India

*Date- 09-01-2022

 The specific epithet, "curcas", was first used by Portuguese doctor Garcia de Orta more than 400 years ago

J. curcas is a semi-evergreen shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 6 m (20 ft) or more.It is resistant to a high degree of aridity, allowing it to grow in deserts. It contains phorbol esters, which are considered toxic.However, edible (non-toxic) provenances native to Mexico also exist, known by the local population as piñón manso, xuta, chuta, aishte, among others.J. curcas also contains compounds such as trypsin inhibitors, phytate, saponins and a type of lectin known as curcin.

The seeds contain 27–40% oil (average: 34.4%) that can be processed to produce a high-quality bio diesel fuel, usable in a standard diesel engine.Edible (non-toxic) varieties can be used for animal feed and food.

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Pupalia lappacea Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family) Synonyms: Achyranthes lappacea

*Pupalia lappacea

*Location- Harraiya Basti Uttar Pradesh India

*Date - 20-11-2021

Common name: Forest Burr, Creeping Cock's Comb • Hindi: नागदामिनी Nagadaminee, Undho bhurat, चिर्चिट्टा Chirchitta • Tamil: adai-otti, perunkotiveli, napikai, valiyakkotiveli • Malayalam: pu-pal-valli, wellia-codiveli • Telugu: erra utthareni, thella utthareni, yerri chithramoolam • Kannada: antupurale gida, naagadamani • Konkani: Sitya kurdi

Botanical name: Pupalia lappacea Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family)

Synonyms: Achyranthes lappacea

Forest Burr is a perennial herb, erect or prostrate and sprawling, 60-90 cm tall. Branches and leaves opposite, variously hairy. Leaves variable in shape and size, from narrowly ovate-elliptic to oblong or round, 2-12 x 1-6 cm, tapering to apiculate at the tip, shortly or more longly wedge-shaped at the base, narrowed to a stalk 2-25 mm long. Flower-spikes are at the end of the stem and branches, at first dense, elongating to as much as 50 cm in fruit. Inflorescences greyish-white, in racemes, the clusters alternate and well-spaced. hermaphrodite flowers mostly in ± stalkless clusters of 3, upper often solitary; bracteoles of hermaphrodite flowers broadly heart-shaped-ovate, 2.75-5 mm, prominent, sharply with a short sharp point with the percurrent midrib. Tepals oblong, 3.5-6 mm, hairless to ± hairy dorsally, 3-nerved, the lateral nerves of the 2 outer tepals strong throughout, joining the shortly excurrent midrib just below the tip. Spines of modified flowers hairless except sometimes near the base, yellowish to purple, 3-4 mm; 3-flowered clusters falling together to form a “burr” up to 2.5 cm in diameter. Filaments 2-3 mm. Style slender, 1.25 2 mm. The fluffy fruits are balled and used to filter milk etc.

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Ranunculus sceleratus *Family - Ranunculaceae *English: Cursed Buttercup, Poisonous buttercup, Hindi: Shim, Aglaon, जलधनिया Jaldhaniya

*Botanical name - Ranunculus sceleratus

*Family - Ranunculaceae 

*Location -Babhnan Basti Uttar Pradesh India

*Date- 17-02-2022

English: Cursed Buttercup, Poisonous buttercup, Celery-leaved buttercup, Blister buttercup

Hindi: Shim, Aglaon, जलधनिया Jaldhaniya

Names: Ranunculus sceleratus . The generic name Ranunculus, is from two Latin words, 'rana' meaning ' frog' and 'unculus' meaning 'little' and together they refer to a group of plants, many of which grow in moist places - like little frogs. The species, sceleratus, is Latin for 'cursed' and probably was used to describe this species as it is one of the most dangerous of the genus. See notes below the photos. 'Celery-leaf' comes from the shape of the lower leaves. The family name of Buttercup, used to be "Crowfoot', hence the continuation of the old name in many of the species common names. The author name for the plant classification, 'L.' refers to Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), Swedish botanist and the developer of the binomial nomenclature of modern taxonomy.

POISONOUS PLANT

Resembles celery so sometimes mistakenly eaten. One of the most toxic buttercup species with the divided leaves causing blistering of the mouth and lips.

Sceleratus translates as vicious as the sap in this plant can cause great discomfort and blistering to human skin. It can also be extremely toxic to livestock.

Leaves are dimorphic submerged leaves are dissected and aerial leaves are entire.

The leaves are both basal and stem, both similar in shape but the upper leaves much smaller. Leaves are kidney shaped with 3 to 5 palmate lobes, ranging from shallow to deep on the basal leaves. The margins of the lobes have large blunt teeth or secondary lobes. Basal leaves and stem leaves are stalked, with the stem leaves, being alternate, and having more slender lobes, whereas smaller leaves are on the flowering stems and are usually sessile with just 3 linear lobes. All leaves are smooth, green and fleshy.

Inflorescence: Flowers are usually solitary and stalked at the tip of stems.

The flowers are 5-parted, about 1/3 inch across, with 3 to 5 (usually 5) yellow petals with rounded tips, 3 to 5 yellow green sepals with triangular tips that are at least as long as the petals, if not slightly longer, but they bend downward. Stamens number 10 to many, have yellow anthers, and surround the green receptacle composed of numerous pistils without styles. The nectaries of the flower are right on the base of the petals. A true corolla is lacking. The central receptacle elongates at maturity as the petals drop away. Sepals are not persistent.

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Gazania rigens Family: *Asteraceae (Sunflower family) *Common name: Gazania

*Botanical name: Gazania rigens Family: *Asteraceae (Sunflower family)

*Location Babhnan Basti Uttar Pradesh India

*Date-23-03-2022

*Common name: Gazania

A typical daisy like flower up to about 10cm across, they are commonly banded with a dark zone around the central disc. Some types may have linear petal strips also. Colours vary from white, cream, yellow, gold, orange to the very dark reds, pale to dark lilac variations are possible also. Flowers are produced on stems up to 25cm in length, these close in the evening or on dark overcast days. Leaves turn upwards at night. Plants require high light for the flowers to open

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Lathyrus sativus *Family: Fabaceae (pea family) *Common name: Grass Pea, Chickling pea, Indian vetch • Gujarati: लांग Lang • Hindi: खेसारी

*Botanical name: Lathyrus sativus *Family: Fabaceae (pea family) 

*Location: Khalilabad Sant Kabir Nagar Uttar Pradesh India 

*Date - 26-03-2022

Common name: Grass Pea, Chickling pea, Indian vetch • Gujarati: लांग Lang • Hindi: खेसारी Khesari, लतरी Latari • Nepali: खेसारी Khesari 

Grass Pea is a remarkable azure blue colored near relative of the common sweet pea. The blue color is very rare in peas. It is an annual herb, 1-2 ft tall. Stem is nearly berect, hairless, winged. Leaves have tendril at tip; axis winged. Stipules are semiarrow shaped, 1.8-2.5 cm x 2-5 mm; leaflets 1-paired, lanceshaped to linear, 1.8-2.5 cm x 2-5 mm, with parallel veins, margin entire. Flowers are borne 1 or 2 together; axis 3-6 cm. Sepal-cup bellshaped, nearly equally toothed, 2-3 times as long as tube. Flower are white, blue, or pink, 1.2-1.5 cm. Pods are nearly elliptic, 2.5-3.5 cm, 2-winged along sutures. The peas can be boiled and eaten, and this species is cultivated in parts of Africa and Asia as a food crop.

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Hamelia patens *Family: Rubiaceae Common names : firebush, hummingbird bush, scarlet bush, and redhead

*Botanical Name : Hamelia patens 

*Family: Rubiaceae

*Location : BHU campus Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India 

*Date- 17-07-2022

Common names : firebush, hummingbird bush, scarlet bush, and redhead

The genus is named after Henry Louis Hamel de Monceau, a prominent French botanist. The latin word patens means spreading and refers to the habit of the species.

Hummingbirds are attracted by its flowers and other birds feed on the fruit, both of which will also forage on small insects found in the vicinity, helping to keep down pests. These flowers are also fed on by butterflies, such as the statira sulphur (Aphrissa statira), which are attracted to red flowering plants. The fruits have a refreshing, acidic taste and are also edible by humans

The leaves and young shoots are taken in order to procure an abortion up to the third or fourth month of pregnancy 

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Acacia nilotica *Family: Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family) *Common name: Babool, Gum arabic • Gujarati: બબરિયા Babaria • Hindi: बबूल Babool

*Acacia nilotica

*Family: Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family)

*Location: Babhnan Basti Uttar Pradesh India

*Date - March 2022

Common name: Babool, Gum arabic • Gujarati: બબરિયા Babaria • Hindi: बबूल Babool, कीकर Kikar • Kannada: ಬಬಲೀ Babli • Malayalam: Karivelam • Manipuri: ꯆꯤꯒꯣꯡ ꯂꯩ Chigong lei • Marathi: बबूल Babul • Sanskrit: बब्बुला Babbula, बबुला Babula, बर्बुरः Barburah • Tamil: கறுவேளை kaRuvELai • Telugu: Nalla tumma • Urdu: Babool, Keekar

Botanical name: Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica Family: Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family)

Synonyms: Acacia nilotica subsp. indica, Acacia arabica var. indica

Babool is a medium to large tree that can reach a height of 10 m, with an average of 4-7 m in height. The crown is somewhat flattened or rounded, with a moderate density. The branches have a tendency to droop downwards if the crown is roundish. The bark is blackish grey or dark brown in mature trees and deeply grooved, with longitudinal fissures. The young branches are smooth and grey to brown in colour. The young twigs are covered in short hairs. Paired, slender, straight spines grow from a single base and sometimes curve backwards, are up to 80 mm long and whitish but often reddish brown in colour. The leaves are twice compound, i.e. they consist of 5-11 feather-like pairs of pinnae; each pinna is further divided into 7-25 pairs of small, elliptic leaflets that can be bottle to bright green in colour. Flowers are bright yellow, numerous, in fluffy globular heads 1.2 cm diameter, usually in clusters of 2 to 6, on individual pubescent axillary stalks 1.5 to 2 cm long. Babool is native to S. Iran to Indian Subcontinent.

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Cardiospermum halicacabum *Family: Sapindaceae *Common name: Balloon Vine,heart pea, heartseed • Hindi: कानफूटा kanphuta, कपालफोड़ी

* Botanical name :Cardiospermum halicacabum

*Family: Sapindaceae

*Location: Khalilabad Sant Kabir Nagar Uttar Pradesh India

*Date - 26-03-2022

Common name: Balloon Vine, Love-in-a-puff, heart pea, heartseed • Assamese: কপাল ফুটা লতা kapaal phuta lata • Hindi: कानफूटा kanphuta, कपालफोड़ी kapalphodi •

The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia' records that other common names for Cardiospermum halicacabum were "Heart seed”, “heart pea”, or “winter cherry”. It is one among the "Ten Sacred Flowers of Kerala", collectively known as dasapushpam.

The generic name Cardiospermum, which translates to "heart seeds", was given due to its large, black seeds, the white mark of which is reminiscent of a stylized heart. The specific epithet halicacabum comes from the Greek word for salt barrel and refers to the inflated fruits, after which the common name balloon vine is derived.

The balloon vine is a strongly overgrown, perennial herbaceous climbing plant that can even become lignified at the base. Growing over 10 meters high,[4] it can bloom at a height of around 25 cm. The slender, grooved stems are hairy bald to sparsely downy.

The 5 to 6 cm long, triangular foliage leaves distributed on the stem are divided into a petiole and pinnate leaf blade. The petiole is (0.5 to) 1.5 to 3.5 cm long and the rachis is 0.4 to 2 cm long. The opposite leaflets are 1 to 2 cm long and the terminal leaflets are 4 to 6 cm long. The leaf margins are serrated. The stipules are reduced to tiny, early-falling scales. On the side of a 5 to 9 cm long, sparsely downy hairy inflorescence stem, there are two 1 mm long bracts, two circularly rolled tendrils and three to seven flowers in a zymous inflorescence.

Flowers and fruit 

The functionally unisexual flowers are zygomorphic and fourfold double perianth. Of the four free, concave, durable sepals, the outer two are circular, 2 mm long and ciliate, while the inner two are oblong-ovate, 3 to 4 mm long and glabrous. The four white to yellowish petals are obovate and about 3 mm long, the upper two are each adorned with woolly scales and the lower two have large, leaf-shaped scales and two glands.

In the male flowers are two circles with four free stamens each and rudimentary stamps present. The compressed stamens are hairy and about 2 mm long and the anthers are about 0.5 mm long. In the female flowers are obovate, 2 to 3 mm long and hairy, insulated draft tube ovary with a short fluffy hairy stylus, which ends in a three-part scar and eight staminodes present.

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Tropaeolum majus *Family: Tropaeolaceae (Nasturtium family) Common name: Nasturtium, Garden nasturtium, Indian cress

*Botanical name: Tropaeolum majus *Family: Tropaeolaceae (Nasturtium family)

*Location : Babhnan Basti Uttar Pradesh India

*Date:03-03-2022

Common name: Nasturtium, Garden nasturtium, Indian cress

Tropaeolum is a genus of dicotyledonous annual or perennial plants, often with somewhat succulent stems and sometimes tuberous roots. The alternate leaves are hairless, peltate, and entire or palmately lobed. The petioles or leaf stalks are long and in many species are able to twine around other stems to provide support. The flowers are bisexual and showy, set singly on long stalks in the axils of the leaves. They have five sepals, the uppermost of which is elongated into a nectar spur. The five petals are clawed, with the lower three unlike the upper two. The eight stamens are in two whorls of unequal length and the superior ovary has three segments and three stigmas on a single style. The fruit is naked and nut-like, with three single seed segments

Nasturtium contains important plant compounds to skin and scalp health, particularly vitamin A (beta-carotene), vitamin C, vitamin E, and flavonoids. These superhero compounds work to protect the skin, scalp and hair from the damage of the sun's rays, as well as pollution, and other environmental bad guys.

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