NOTES ON PLANTS

1.  Name of  Ashwgandha shrub is taken from sanskrit word horse - smell
2. To conserve water deciduous trees shed their leaves during or before winter.
3. The product of lemon grass is THE OIL OF CITRONELLA .
4. Physic-nut would be the substitute for diesel and a biofuel for the future.
5. Sal is the main tree of terai eco system.
6. Sunder-bans name is taken from the tree Sundari tree.
7. Baroda city is named after the banyan tree.
8. Rhizobium bacterium helps to convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonium.
9. Mycorrhizal associations is beneficial for plants .
10. Jack fruit tree bears the world's largest edible fruit.
11. In plants water is transported from the roots to leaves through Xylem .
12. Crocin is the natural compound that is found in flowers belonging to the species Crocus.
13. Bark of cinnamon and pepper give temporary relief from migraine .
14.  Nux - vomica is the plant of Western Ghats . This plant is added to the IUCN Red list.
15. Bixa orellana is also famous as Lipstic tree in India.It is famous for dye .
16. Banyan tree is the oldest living tree in India 200-250 yrs.
17. The Gulmohar tree is originated from Madagascar.
18. Birds spread the seeds of sandal wood .
19. Neelakurinji is the name of flower which blooms every 12 years . Nilgiri mountains get the name from these flowers .
20. FSC certified paper is procured from sustainable forests. 
21. Pitcher plant is carnivorous plant.
22. pitcher plant is protected under the Indian Wild life [ protection act 1972]
23. Water lilly is the state flower of Andhra Pradesh.