Curculigo Recurvata

Curculigo Recurvata

Family – Amaryllidaceqe

A herb with stout root-stock; a native of Tropical Himalayas, Bengal, Burma; leaves large, lanceolate; flowers yellow in heads.
There are many variegated forms.
Grown as a hot-house plant. Propagated by offsets and seeds.

Curculigo Orchioides | Kali-Musali

Curculigo Orchioides

Family – Amaryllidaeceae

Common Name – -Musali

A herb with a stout root-stock. Leaves long, linear; flowers rather small, bright yellow; wild in the Konkan, Deccan and Mahabaleshwar.
Propagated by offsets and seeds. Worth growing in the fernery or palm house.

Costus Speciosus | Koshi

Scientific classification of Costus Speciosus | Koshi
Kingdom:	Plantae
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Costaceae
Genus:	Costus
Species:	C. speciosus

Common Name :- Koshi

A tall erect tuberous-rooted plant; leaves large dark rich-green, lanceolate; flowers large white, numerous in very dense spikes; bracts bright red.
A common plant growing wild in swampy places in Konkan, Deccan and S. M. country. Flowering August-October.
When in blossom a most beautiful object due to the delightful combination of colours. An excellent plant in the neighbourhood of tank or pool in the gardens.

Chlorophytum Tuberosum | Kulai

Scientific classification of Chlorophytum Tuberosu
 | Kingdom:Plantae
Angiosperm:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
 Family:Agavaceae
Genus:Chlorophytum
 Species:C. tuberosum

Common Name :-Kulai

A small tuberous herb; leaves long with wavy margins; flowers white in short branched racemes; in bloom in July; wild in Konkan and round about Poona in pasture lands.
Worth growing in gardens for its wavy leaves and white flowers.
Propagated by tubers.

Canna Indica | Indian Shot, Kardali

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Cannaceae
Genus:	Canna
Species:	C. indica
Binomial name
Canna indica

Common Names – Indian Shot, Kardali
A perennial herb with tuberous root stock; bears small but vivid red and yellow flowers.
Found almost everywhere constantly in blossom

Canna Flower Image with scientific classification

A genus of numerous handsome leaved tuberous-rooted plants bearing brilliant flowers varying from white, pale yellow to deep crimson.
They have large Lancelot leaves 1-2m high.
Admirable as plants in wet soil round tanks and pools, in well watered beds under light shade or in pots in sheltered places.
A number of varieties are grown in the gardens. Propagated by division of root-stock.

Calathea zebrina

Scientific classification Calathea zebrina
Calathea images
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Calathea


A genus closely allied to Maranta
It contains many beautiful leaved plants.
Propagated by division of tuberous roots.

Caladium

classification of Caladium

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae
Tribe:	Caladieae
Genus:	Caladium

A genus of tuberous-rooted plants, native of Brazil, leaves large arrow-headed rich-green, spotted and bloched with white, pink, rose and red.
They are shade and shelter loving and are striking objects between May and October. Propagated by young offsets.
Most of the varieties cultivated are hybrids of caladium bicolour Vent.

Begonia Trichocarpa

Begonia Trichocarpa

Family – Begoniaceae

A succulent, small, tuberous-rooted plant; bears handsome white flowers, 4-6 at the of the peduncle; wild in Konkan and Kanara.
Worth cultivating in gardens.

Begonia Concanensis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Begoniaceae
Genus:	Begonia

A succulent, small, tuberous rooted plant; bears a few handsome rosy flowers on elongate peduncles; wild in Konkan, Ghats and Lonawala.
Worth cultivating in gardens.