Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c5.s7.84

c5.s7.84

A. Classification on Botanical Principles.—A broad classification of plants, probably based on stature, into Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Creepers is to be found as early as in the texts of the Rigveda.¹ Plants were further classified into those that bore fruits and flowers and those that did not.