Digital Herbarium of Crop Plants
Establishment of Digital Herbarium and Herbal museum for Crop plant by Department of Crop Botany, BSMRAU
Annonaceae Popular Name of the Family: Custard Family Taxonomic Position according to Cronquist Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class : Magnoliopsida Subclass : Magnoliidae Order : Magnoliales Family : Annonaceae Mainly tropical and subtropical having 130 genera comprising 2300 species. There are 15 genera and 42 species in Bangladesh. Botanical Description of Annonaceae Family Habit: Aromatic, shrub […]
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Bullock’s Heart Scientific name: Annona reticulata L. Local name: Noona, Ata Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Magnoliidae Order : Magnoliales Family : Annonaceae Genus : Annona Species : A. reticulata Botanical Description of Bullock’s Heart Habit: Shrub or a small tree […]
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Custard Apple/Sugar Apple Scientific name: Annona squamosa L. Local name: ‘Sharifa’ Taxonomic Position according to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Magnoliidae Order : Magnoliales Family : Annonaceae Genus : Annona Species : A. squamosa Botanical Description of Custard Apple Habit: Shrub or a small tree […]
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Black berry Scientific name: Syzygium cumini L. English names: Black Plum, Black Berry, Jambolan,Java Plum. Local name: ‘Kala-jam’ Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom Plantae Division Magnoliophyta Class Magnoliopsida Order Myrtales Family Myrtaceae Genus Syzygium Species S. cumini Botanical Description of Blackberry Habit:A large, semi-evergreen tree, up to 35 in tall and 4 […]
Read moreGhora-gulancha Scientific name: Tinospora cordifolia English name: TinosporaGulancha. Local names: Ghora-gulancha, Nim-gulancha. Botanical Description Habit: A woody climber, glabrous, leafless at the time of flowering. Stem: Stem and branches striate 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, […]
Read moreNeem Scientific Name: Azadirachta indica L. Common Names : Neem Tree, Nim Tree, Indian Lilac, Margosa Tree Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1988) Kingdom :Plantae Phyllum :Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Order:Sapindales Family:Meliaceae Genus:Azadirachta Species: Azadirachta indica Botanical Description Habit:A medium-sized to large evergreen to semi-deciduous tree, up to 30 m tall, bark smooth, fissured and flaking in old woods, pinkish-brown or grey, inner bark […]
Read moreBakful Scientific name: Sesbania grandifloraL. Synonyms: Aeschynomene grandiflora, Agati grandiflora. English name: Not known. Local names: Bakful, Agusti. Family: Fabaceae Botanical Description Habit:A small, fast growing, deciduous, soft wooded tree, up to 10 m tall, bark light to dark brown, fissured in old tree. Leaves: Leaves paripinnate, 13- 30 cm long, leaflets 20-60, oblong, glabrous, stipels deciduous, minute, l.5-2.8 cm […]
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Amrul Scientific name: Oxalis corniculata L. English names: Indian Sorrel, Creeping Wood-sorrel, Yellow Sorrel. Local names: Amrul, AmrulSak, Amboli, Chuka Tripoli. Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom Plantae Division Magnoliophyta Class Magnoliopsida Order Oxalidales Family Oxalidaceae Genus Oxalis Species O. corniculata Botanical Description A perennial, procumbent herb with long, slender, creeping stem, rooting at the nodes. […]
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Betal nut palm Scientific name: Areca catechu L. Local name: ‘Shupari’ Taxonomic Position of Betalnut Palm According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Liliopsida Subclass : Arecidae Order : Arecales Family : Arecaeae Genus : Areca Species : A. catechu Botanical Description of Betal Nut Palm Habit: Monoecious palm […]
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Datura Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom: Plantae Phyllum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Datura Species: Datura metel L. Botanical Description Habit: A robust herb or undershrub, up to 2 m tall, glabrous or minutely pubescent, branches green or purplish, spreading, often somewhat zigzag, green or tinged red to […]
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