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chick pea (Bengal gram)

 Botanical name : Cicer arietinum Linn Family : Leguminosae, Sub-family : Papilionaceae (Fam : Fabaceae) Common English name : Chick pea, Bengal gram, Gram Common Vernacular name : Chana, Harbhara Source : seeds          The Plant is extensively cultivated but not found in wild state in india. The species is introduced in india.  It is considered to have originated in the region  ling between caucasus and himalaya mountains. from this region it has spread into southern euroe, Egypt and  India          General Characgter :cicer is a genius with 24 species of annual herbs distributed mostly in western Asia .two species are found in india and out of thease ,cicer arietinum is important and cultivated all over india as a pulse crop. Marphology :          Cicer arietinum is an erect and spreading much branched 'annual herb ,about 1to 2 feet high , with pinnetly compound leaves ,having small ovel le...

Jowar

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 Sorghum bicolour (L) Moench, Sorghum Vulgare Pers Family : Poaceae (Graminae) Common name : Jowar, Milo, Jondhalav Source : Grains or seeds. The dried stem and leaves as fodder.c Sorghum species are major cereals of semi-arid and tropics. It forms one of the important staple foods for the major population of Asia and Africa. The genus Sorghum includes more than 40 widly cultivated grasses. Sorghum has been reported to be in cultivation in Egypt before 2000 B.C. The Sorghums are believed to have originated in Africa and Asia. Sorghum was also cultivated in India and China in anciet days. The most of the investigators believe that the cultivated sorghums have originated from the perennial Johnson grass (S. halepensis ) Sudan grass (S. vulgare var sudanesis) this important crop is cultivated in America, India, Pakistan, china, U.S.S.R and European countries. Morphology     Sorghum bicolor and sorghum vulgare are most cultivated species of jowar. The plant body fo Sorghum is...