A History of Agriculture in India v1.c45.4

v1.c45.4

| Godhūma | *Triticum* | Wheat |
| Guñja | *Abrus precatorius* Linn. | Seeds used as jeweller's weights |
| Hareṇu | | A pulse |
| Ikṣu | *Saccharum* | Sugarcane |
| Kadamba | *Anthocephalus cadamba* Miq. | Ball-like flowers during the rainy season, favourite of Krishna |
| Kandali | *Aneilema vaginatum* R. Br. | An annual herb with blue-purple flowers during the rainy season |
| Karnikara | *Pterospermum acerifolium* Willd. | A large tree with broad leaves |
| Kaila (Plantain) | *Musa paradisiaca* Linn. | Smooth straight stem, symbol of female beauty |
| Kamala | *Nelumbo nucifera* Gaertn. | Day-flowering, common lotus |
| Karpasa, Tula | *Gossypium arboreum* Linn. | Tree-cotton |
| Kaśa | *Saccharum spontaneum* Linn. | A tall grass |
| Kesara | *Crocus sativus* Linn. | A herald of spring |
| Ketaki | *Pandanus odoratissimus* Linn. | Screw-pine—a highly fragrant plant with spinous sword-like pointed leaves |
| Kimsuka | *Butea monosperma* (Lam.) Taub. | (Palasa, Dhak) Tree with beautiful crimson-red flowers, a herald of spring |
| Kovidara | *Bauhinia purpurea* Linn. | A small tree bearing pink flowers in November |
| Kulattha | | A pulse |
| Kumuda | *Nymphaea esculenta* Roxb. | A waterlily with white flowers opening at night time, and closing during the day |
| Kunda | *Jasminum multiflorum* (Burm. f.) Andr. | A jasmine |
| Kurabaka | *Lawsonia inermis* Linn. | (*Mehndi*) Crushed leaves used for dyeing palms of hands |
| Kuruvinda, Maṣa | *Vigna mungo* (Linn.) Hepper | Blackgram |
| Kutaja | *Wrightia zeylanica* R. Br. | A small tree with white flowers |