Apluda mutica

Apluda mutica (Tachula) Mauritian Grass is a rambling perennial grass, with culms up to about 3 m long, This is considered to be a fairly good fodder grass and is readily eaten by cattle when young. It is very common in the plains and at low elevation in the Himalayas. In hedges and bushy places

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Maniphal

Maniphal/mendal (Randia dumetorum) Maniphal  or Randia Dumetorum is a large deciduous thorny shrubs which grows up to 5 meters of height. Its Leaves are simple, ovate, wrinkled, shiny and pubescent in appearance. The Flowers are white, solitary and having honey like fragrance seen at the end of short branches. Fruits are globose, 1.8-4.5cm long, smooth

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Bakar

Bakar/bakarcha (Premna latifolia) Bakar is a tree up to 8 m high, bark greyish-white. Leaves are simple, opposite, flat or heart-shaped, tip tapering, margin entire or sawtoothed, Flowers are bisexual, greenish-white, in corymb-ike cymes at branch-ends, up to 7 cm long. Flowers are 4 mm across, tube 2 mm, densely hairy inside, petals ovate, blunt;

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