Pickle, tea and a spice

Weeds of fortune

The real magic beans

Drumstick seeds can clarify water up to 99.5 per cent

Crunchy, juicy devil's backbone

The succulent can strengthen bones, while keeping cold and cough at bay

Fruity delight

Pomelo not only makes tasty salads, but also has antioxidants that fight cancer

Betel benefit

Compounds in paan leaf can kill several pathogenic bacteria

Dying practice

Lack of medicinal plants forces village doctors out of trade

Turncoat 'thieves'

Former teak smugglers become official forest guards

Herb farming

Against the grain

News for farmers

Nurseries of ancestor worship

A green festival acquires commercial colour

Under siege

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

Wild trouble

Trade threatens medicinal plants

Medicinal plant rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh

Aloe vera helps cure kala-azar

Prickly, delicious

One person's weed, another's medicinal plant

Local citrus goes global

High on green

Moringa leaves are packed with nutrients, but very few know about it

Go foraging for edible plants

One person's weed can be another person's green

The leafy option

The Soligas combat monsoon sickness with leafy vegetables

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A sip of earthy flavour

Anantamool tea is more than a refresher for the farmers of Vidarbha