Digital Herbarium of Crop Plants
Establishment of Digital Herbarium and Herbal museum for Crop plant by Department of Crop Botany, BSMRAU
Cinnamon Local name: ‘Daruchini’ Scientific name: Cinnamomum verum J.Presl Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom: Plantae Division: Megnoliophyta Order Laurales Family: Lauraceae Genus: Cinnamomum Species: C. verum Botanical Description of Cinnamon Habit: Cinnamon is a much-branched evergreen tree of 8-17 m height in the wild state. Root: The pants has a deep and extensive root […]
Read moreCumin Scientific name: Cuminum cyminum L. Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom: Plantae Division: Tracheophyta Class: Dicotyledonaes Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Cuminum Species : C. cyminum Botanical Description of Cumin Habit: Cumin is an erect or sub-erect, small, slender, annual herb, 15-50 cm high Root: Cumin is a thin taproot system. The tap root is light […]
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Breadfruit by M A Baset Mia Common name: Breadfruit Scientific name : Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A.Zorn) Fosberg Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1988) Kingdom : Plantae Phylum : Magnoliophyta Class : Magnoliopsida Order : Rosales Family : Moraceae Genus : Artocarpus Species : A. altilis Botanical Description Economic Importance It is a principal food in many tropical countries where important varieties […]
Read moreUlatchambal Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom: Plantae Phyllum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magniopsida Order: Malvales Family: Sterculiaceae Genus: Abroma Species: Abroma augusta Botanical Description Habit: A shrub or small tree, 2.5-4.5 m high with horizontal branches. Stem: Stem downy. Leaves simple, alternate, 10-25 x 10-19 cm, repand-denticulate, base 3-7 nerved, cordate, upper leaves smaller, narrower, entire, glabrescent above, tomentose beneath, […]
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Punarnava Scientific name:Boerhavia diffusa L. English names: Pigweed, Spreading Hog-weed. Local names:Punarnava, Gondhapurna. Family name:Nyctaginaceae Botanical Description Habit:A perennial creeping or climbing herb, 0.4-2.0 m tall, puberulous to glabrescent, with club-shaped or stalked glands and glandular hairs. Leaves:Leaves simple, opposite or subopposite, base obtuse, cordate or truncate, apex acute to obtuse, lower surface often white, sometimes with red marginal glands, […]
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Mehedi Scientific name: Lawsonia inermis L. English names: Henna, Indian Privet, Mignonette Tree Local names: মেহেদী / মেন্দি / সুদি (Mendi, Mehedi, Sudi). Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1988) Kingdom Plantae Division Magnoliophyta Class Magnoliopsida Order Myrtales Family Lythraceae Genus Lawsonia Species L. inermis Botanical Description of Mehedi Habit:A leaf-sheathing shrub, sometimes growing out into a small tree, bark fairly […]
Read moreKuchila Scientific name: Strychnosnux-vomica L English name: Nux-vomica Tree Local name:Kuchila Family: Loganiaceae Botanical Description Habit:A small to medium-sized tree, twigs without lenticels, glabrous, spines sometimes present. Leaves:Leaves simple, opposite,petiolate, petioles 0.5-1.0 cm long, glabrous, lamina elliptic to sub-orbicular, base rounded to subtruncate, 4.0-10.5 x 3.0-8.6 cm, apex subacuminate, often mucronate, glabrous, 3-5 nerved. Inflorescence:Inflorescence terminal on axillary branches, many-flowered, tomentose. […]
Read moreGora Neem Scientific name: Melia azedarach L. Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom: Plantae Phyllum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Meliaceae Genus: Melia Species: Melia azedarach Botanical Description Habit: A moderate-sized deciduous tree, with a short trunk, bark greyish-brown, smooth, lenticellate, becoming lightly fissured or scaling with age, inner bark yellowish. Twig 6-8 mm in diameter, covered with fulvous stellate […]
Read moreGhora-gulancha Scientific name: Tinospora cordifolia English name: Tinospora Gulancha. Local names: Ghora-gulancha, Nim-gulancha. Botanical Description Habit: A woody climber, glabrous, leafless at the time of flowering. Stem: Branches striaght when young, later developing a smooth, thin pergamentaceous bark which sometimes detaches, long filiform aerial roots present. Leaves: Leaves thinly papyraceous, broadly cordate, 3-14 x 3.5-15.0 cm, apex abruptly acuminate, basal […]
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Apricot Scientific name: Prunus americana Marshall Local Name: Not known Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom Plantae Division Magnoliophyta Class Magnoliopsida Order Rosaless Family Rosaceae Genus Prunus Species P. armeniaca Botanical Description of Apricot Economic Importance i) Very delicious fruit ii) Seeds are also used as edible purpose iii) The kernel oil […]
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