Fire-flame Bush

Botanical Name : Woodfordia Fruticosa
Family: Lythaceae
Common Name :
English : Fire-flame Bush
Hindi : Dhawai
Malayalam : Thathiri (താത്തിരി)

Cardamon Ginger

Botanical Name : Alpinia calcarata
Family: Zingiberaceae
Common Name :
English : Cardamon Ginger, Indian Ginger, Snap Ginger
Hindi :Kulainjan
Sanskrit : Rasna
Malayalam : Chittaratha (ചിറ്റരത്ത)

Bird's Nest Fern

Botanical Name : Asplenium nidus
Family: Aspleniaceae
Common Name :
English : Bird's Nest Fern

Tapioca

Botanical Name : Manihot esculenta
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Common Name :
English : Tapioca
Hindi : Shakarkand (शकरकंद )
Malayalam : Marachini (മരച്ചീനി)

Snake gourd - (Flower)

Botanical Name : Trichosanthes anguina
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Common Name :
English : Snake gourd
Hindi : Chichonda
Malayalam : Padavalam (പടവലം)

Mountain ebony

Botanical Name : Bauhinia racemosa
Family: Caesalpiniceae
Common Name :
English : Mountain ebony
Hindi : Sirhatta (सिर्हत्ता)
Malayalam : Vella mandaram (വെള്ളമന്ദാരം)
Habit: Perennial tree

Thyme-Leaved Gratiola

Botanical Name : Bacopa monnieri
Family : Scrophulariaceae
Common Name :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
English : Thyme-Leaved Gratiola
Hindi : Brahmi (ब्राह्मी )
Malayalam : Brahmi (ബ്രഹ്മി)
Habit : Creeping plant

Cacao

Botanical Name : Theobroma cacao
Family : Sterculiaceae
Common Name :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
English : Cacao, chocolate tree, Kakao, Cacoa
Hindi : Kokko (कोक्को )
Malayalam : Kokko (കൊക്കൊ)

Sikerpud

Botanical Name : Biophytum sensitivum
Family : Oxalidaceae
Common Name : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
English : Sikerpud
Hindi : Lakshmana(लक्ष्मणा ),Lajjalu (लज्जालु)
Malayalam : Mukkutti (മുക്കുറ്റി)

Butterfly Pea [Blue]

Botanical Name : Clitoria ternatea
Family : Fabaceae
Common Name :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Butterfly Pea [Blue]
Hindi : Aparajita
Malayalam : Sankhupushpam (ശംഖുപുഷ്പം)
Habit : Creeper

Butterfly Pea [White]

Botanical Name : Clitoria ternatea
Family : Fabaceae
Common Name :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Butterfly Pea
Hindi : Aparajita
Malayalam : Sankhupushpam (ശംഖുപുഷ്പം)
Habit : Creeper

Citrin

Botanical Name : Garcinia cambogea
Family: Clusiaceae
Common Name :
Citrin, Gambooge, Malabar Tamarind, Brindal Berry, Gorikapuli
Malayalam : Kudampuli (കുടമ്പുളി)
Habit: Perennial tree

CUCUMBER TREE

Botanical Name: Averrhoa bilimbi

Family : Oxalidaceae

Common Name :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cucumber tree,Bilimbibaum

Hindi : Bilimbi (बिलिम्बी)

Malayalam : Pulinchi (പുളിഞ്ചി)

Habit: Shrub

Firecracker Flower

Botanical Name : Crossandra infundibuliformis
Family : Acanthaceae
Common Name :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
English: Firecracker Flower,Crossandra
Malayalam/Tamil : Kanakambaram | கனகாம்பரம் (Tamil) | കനകാംബരം (Malayalam)
Hindi : Aboli (आबोली )
Habit : Herb

Turmeric - Flower

Botanical name : Curcuma aromatica
Family : Zingiberaceae

Habit : Annual rhizomatous Herb

Pitcher plant

Botanical name: Nepenthes khasiana
Family: Nepenthaceae
Common Name:Pitcher plant,Monkey cups
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Pitcher plants are Carnivorous plants.
Deep cavity filled with pitfall trap liquid for prey trapping

Elephantopus scaber

Botanical name: Elephantopus scaber
Family: Asteraceae
Common Name:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
English: Elephant Foot, Bull's Tongue, Prickly-leaved elephant's foot
Malayalam: Anachuvadi (ആനച്ചുവടി)
Habit: Herb
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Medicinal Values:Using for the treatment of bronchitis and smallpox.Roots and leaves are using for swellings, dysentery and stomach pain.Leaf is using for ulser and root using for preventing vomiting.

Red Flame Ivy (Hemigraphis colorata)

Scientific Name : Hemigraphis colorata

Family: Acanthaceae / Gesneriaceae

Common Name :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

English : Cemetery Plant, Red Flame Ivy, Red Ivy

Malayalam : Murikoodi (മുറികൂടി)

Habit : Perennial creeper (Herb)

Medicinal Values : 'Hemigraphis Colorata' cures fresh wound, cuts, inflammation. It is used internally for anemia.

Cardboard Palm

Botanical Name : Zamia Furfuracea

Family : Zamiaceae

Common Names : Cardboard Palm, Cardboard Plant, Mexican Cycad, Cardboard Sago, Jamaican Sago

Wild plantain (Inflorescence)

Botanical Name : Ensete superba
Family : Musaceae
Habit : Herb
Common Name ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
English : Wild plantain, Indian bead
Hindi : Sabbajaya (सब्बाजय)
Sanskrit : Devakeli, Kamakshi, Krishna-tamara (देवकेली,कामाक्षी , कृष्ण-तामरा)
Malayalam : Malavazha,Kalluvazha, Kattuvazha (മലവാഴ,കല്ലുവാഴ, കാട്ടുവാഴ)
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Solitary, non suckering. Whole plant dies down after fruit are ripe and new populations originate from seeds.

Useful parts: Fruits,Leaf juice,Seed

Medicinal Value: Used for the treatment of Urinary retentions,Menstrual disorders,Kidney and vesicle calculi,Burns and scalds

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Victoria Amasonica

Botanical Name : Victorica Amazonica

Family : Nymphaeaceae

Common Name : Amazon water lily ,Giant water lily

Victoria Amazonica is the largest of Nymphaeaceae family.It is a flowering plant.