Asparagus Racemosus | Shatavari

Classification of Asparagus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Genus:	Asparagus
Species:	A. racemosus
Binomial name
Asparagus racemosus

Common Name – Shatavari

Extremely scandent, spinous undershrub with tuberous root-stock; flowers white, fragrant in simple racemes. Wild in dry deciduous and monsoon forests in the state.
Cultivated in gardens for its graceful feathery foliage and fragrant white flowers.

Anthurium

Classification of Anthurium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Tribe:	Anthurieae
Genus:	Anthurium

It is a tropical American genus of more or less epiphytal growth, with hermaphrodite flowers, densely arranged on spadices, often with brilliantly coloured spathes.
Leaves leathery, large, more or less heart shaped, with a strong stalk, curved at the apex and often of brilliand metallic hues, relieved by prominent ribs and veins.
They are moisture and shade loving. They are handsome and form most striking features of green houses with their large ornamental leaves.
Propagated easily by cuttings; also by seeds. There are a large number of species cultivated in the gardens.

Alpinia Nutans | Nag-damani | champa

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:	Alpinioideae
Tribe:	Alpinieae
Genus:	Alpinia
Species:	A. nutans
Binomial name
Alpinia nutans

Common Names – Nag-damani, champa

A very handsome tall plant, a native of the East Himalayas, Burma. Leaves long. Flowers in long panicles. Corolla white with a tinge of pink, the lip beautifully variegated with red and yellow.
In blossom, generally, most of the year, thrives well in swampy ground. Propagated by division of rhizomes.

Alpinia Allughas | Taraka

Classification of Alpinia Allughas

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:	Alpinioideae
Tribe:	Alpinieae
Genus:	Alpinia

Common Name: – Taraka

A stout perennial herb with stout tuberous, aromatic roots, leaves lanceolate polished; flowers large, numerous in succession, of a beautiful rose-colour, inodorous.
Flowering in the beginning of the rainy season.
Propagated by division of rhizomatous roots; found in S. Konkan.
Worth growing in gardens.

Agave Americana | American Aloe | Ghayapat

Classification of Agave Americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Agavaceae
Genus:	Agave
Species:	A. americana
Binomial name
Agave americana

Common Names
English : American Aloe;
Marathi – Ghayapat

A stout shrubby rhizomatous perennial plant, with very stout, commonly variegated thick, fleshy long leaves. Cultivated in gardens as an ornamental and mostly as a hedge plant.
Propagated by suckers and bulbi

Achimenes Hirsuta

Achimenes Hirsuta

Family – Gesneriaceae

A small hairy plant; a native of Brazil. Flowers reddish, with yellow eye and spotted throat.

Achimenes

Classification of Achimenes

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Genus:	Achimenes

A genus of herbaceous, tuberous-rooted, showy flowering plants; flowering during the rains, flowers with mauve, white, purple, pale-blue shades; suitable for hanging pots and shady borders; propagated by tubers.

Nymphaea Stellata | Uplya-kamal

Classification of Nymphaea Stellata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Nymphaea

Common Name – Uplya-kamal

An aquatic herb with ovoid root-stock.
Leaves orbicular, with a narrow sinus, often bloched with purple beneath; petioles long submerged; flowers rather large, usually pale-violet, light blue or purple, faintly fragrant. Cultivated in the state.
Propagated by seeds or tubers.

Nymphaea Pubescens | Lalkamal | Lotus

classification of Nymphaea Pubescens

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Nymphaea
Species:	N. pubescens
Binomial name
Nymphaea pubescens

Common Names – Lotus, Lalkamal

A large aquatic herb, root-stock tuberous. Leaves small orbicular or reniform, dentate; petioles very long submerged; flowers smaller, red, pale-rose or white, opening in the morning only. Flowers all the year.
Cultivated in many places in the state. Propagated by seeds or tubers.

Nelumbo Nucifera | Kamal | Indian Sacred Lotus

Classification of Nelumbo Nucifera

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Nelumbonaceae
Genus:	Nelumbo
Species:	N. nucifera
Binomial name
Nelumbo nucifera

Common Name: –Indian Sacred Lotus, Kamal

A large aquatic hub with long, slender creeping stem rooting at the nodes.
Leave 0.3-0.6m in diameter, orbicular, cupped, petioles very long; flowers solitary, large, white or rosy, with many petals. Flowers July.
Cultivated in tanks in the State.
Propagated by seeds or tubers