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How to search the database?
In this database every plant has four identities. These are Type, Size, Term and Output. Each identity has one or more of the keywords listed in the following table. Pick and fill [with the exact spelling] a keyword or two in the search box in the sidebar. Of course you can fill in plant names too, if you are sure of the...
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Erythrina indica
Name, [sci]: Erythrina indica/ variegata
Name, [other]:Kalayana Murungai [tamil], Coral tree
Type:
Tree
Size:
Tall
Term::
Perennial
Utility::
Medicine Nitrogen-enriching
Notes::
Grand flowering tree. Extracts from leaves and bark are diuretic, laxative. Leguminous [nitrogen fixer]
Links:: Brief article Wikipedia; more pictures
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Vetch
Name, [sci]: Vicia sativa
Name, [other]:
Commonly Vetch
Type:
Creeper
Size:
Groundcover
Term::
Annual
Produce::
Fertiliser
Notes::
Natively occurs at pointReturn, Being a legume, enhances leafy growth
Links::
http://www.csiro.au/resources/vetch.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicia_angustifolia
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