ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS

 ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS

 

COMMON NAME	BINOMIAL  NAME	USES	USEFUL PARTS
Pirandai	Cissus quadrangularis	To treat asthma and stomach troubles	Entire plant
Manathakkali	Solanum nigrum	Curing liver disorders like cirrhosis of liver	Entire plant
Thottal Surungi	Mimosa pudica	Curing piles,minor skin wounds and whooping cough	Entire plant
Rice	Oryza sativa	major food of half of the world's population	Fruit (Caryopsis)
Groundnut	Arachis hypogea	oil is extracted from the seeds and used as fine cooking medium	seeds
Cotton	Gossypium barbadense	The seed coat of this plant produces surface fibres for textile industry	seed coat fibres
Lady's finger	Abelmoschus esculentus	vegetable	tender fruit
Potato	Solanum tuberosum	common vegetables throughout the world	stem tuber
Brinjal	Solanum melongena	vegetables	tender fruit
Tomato	Lycopersicon esculentum	delicious vegetables	ripened fruit
Thoodhuvalai	Solanum trilobatum	to treat cough	Leaves, flowers, berries
Tapioca	Manihot esculenta	valuable food stuff	Tuberous root
Gooseberry	Phyllanthus emblica	Edible and pickled	fleshy fruits
Castor	Ricinus communis	castor oil is extracted	seeds
Kheezhanelli	Phyllanthus amarus	to treat jaundice	entire shoot system
Para rubber	Hevea brasiliensis	used for making rubber	coagulated latex
Banana	Musa paradisiaca	used as vegetables and delicious fruit	fruit