Digital Herbarium of Crop Plants
Establishment of Digital Herbarium and Herbal museum for Crop plant by Department of Crop Botany, BSMRAU
Country Bean Scientific name: Lablab purpureus L. English name: Bean Local name: ‘Sheem’ Taxonomic position According to Cronquist (1981) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Fabales Family : Fabacaeae Genus : Lablab Species : L. purpureus Botanical Description of Country Bean Habit: Herbaceous annual twiner (vine). Root: Tap root system […]
Read moreTaxonomic position of Mimosaceae family Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class:Magnoliopsida Subclass: Rosidae Order: Fabales Family:Mimosaceae Identifying characters Mostly tree showing xerophytic habit Pulvinous leaf base Cymose head inflorescence Perigynous condition Fused petals with valvate aestivation Lomentum fruits Non endospermic seed Important plants with economic importance English name Bangla name Botanical name Economic Importance Babla Acacia nilotica […]
Read moreTaxonomic position of Caesalpinaceae family Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Fabales Family : Caesalpinaceae Identifying characters Mostly shrub and tree Pulvinous leaves Pinnately compound leaf Racemose or corymb inflorescence Placentation marginal General Morphological Characteristics Habit : Mostly shrub or tree Root: Tap root system Stem: Round or climbing Leaves: Compound, stipulate, […]
Read moreEconomic uses/values/harmful aspects: Cultivated for fibre, ground-cover and green manure. The leaves are emetic, laxative, abortifacient and analgesic. Flowers are used to cure leucorrhoea. Seeds are emmenagogue and good for skin diseases.
Read moreEconomic uses/values/harmful aspects: It is cultivated as a pulse crop, it is also important medicinally. Tender leaves ate reported to be chewed in case of aphthalmia and spongy gurns of the mouth. The poultice made by seeds is used to reduce swelling and treat snakebites.
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English name: Mung bean, Green gram, Golden gram Bangla/local name: মুগ ডাল (‘Moog), সোনা মুগ (Sunamoog)’ Scientific name: Vigna radiate(L.) Wilezek Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1988) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Fabales Family : Fabacaeae Genus : Vigna Species : V. radiata Chromosome number: 2n=22,24 Botanical Description of Mung bean Habit: cultivated […]
Read moreEconomic uses/values/harmful aspects: It is one of the most important pulses. The dry beans are used as dal.The sprouted seeds are used as health tonic. The plant is used as green manure. The husked dried plant is a good fodder. The seeds are acrid, sweet, digestible, laxative and antipyretic.
Read moreBotanical Description of Chickpea Habit: Chickpea is an erect or a spreading annual herb Root: It has a well developed tap root and an extensive lateral root system which usually bears numerous large indeterminate nodules caused by Rhizobium bacteria Stem: square stem and numerous branches, the height ranges from 25-90 cm. The whole plant is covered with glandular hairs […]
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Lentil Scientific name: Lens culinaris Medik. Bangla/Local Name: মসুর (‘Mashur’) Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1988) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Fabales Family : Fabacaeae Genus : Lens Species : L. culinaris Botanical Description of Lentil Habit: Annual herb Root: Tap root system Stem: Erect or sub-erect, slender, square cover with hairs […]
Read moreGrass Pea Scientific name: Lathyrus sativus L. Bangla/Local name: ‘Kheshari’ Taxonomic Position (according to Cronquist) Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass : Rosidae Order : Fabales Family : Fabacaeae Genus : Lathyrus Species : sativus Botanical Description of Grass pea Habit: Annual herb. Root: Well developed tap-root having bacterial nodules, much branched. Stem: Winged. Leaf: Alternate, even […]
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