SEEDED PLANT - ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

 MALVACEAE - ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

Fibre plant : Gossypium hirsutum yeilds cotton fibres of commercial value.

Food plant : The tender fruit of Abelmoschus esculentus is used as vegetable.

Timber plant : Timber obtained from Thespesia populnea is used for making boat and furniture.

Medicinal plant : Roots and leaves of Abutilon indicum are used against fever.

Ornamental plant : Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is grown in gardens.


      SOLANACEAE- ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

Food plant : Tubers of Solanum tuberosum are used as common vegetables.

Medicinal plant : Roots of Atropa belladonna yield powerful alkaloid 'atropine' . It is used for relieving muscular pain . Leaves, flowers, berries of Solanum trilobatum are used to treat cough.

Tobacco : Nicotine in the leaves of Nicotiana tabacum is considered to be the principal alkaloid in commercial tobaccos such as cigarette and bidi.

Ornamental : Cestrum diurnum is grown in garden for their beautiful flowers.


EUPHORBIACEAE - ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

Food plant : The root of Manihot esculenta is rich in starch and forms valuable food stuff.

Oil plant : Castor oil extracted from the seeds of Ricinus communis is used as lubricant, vegetable oil and purgative.

Medicinal plant : Natural rubber is obtained from the coagulated latex of Hevea brasiliensis.

Rubber plant : Euphorbia pulcherrima is an ornamental plant.


 MUSACEAE - ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

Food plant : The fruits of Musa paradisiaca are edible. The small fruit obtained from Musa chinensis are sweet and edible.

Fibre plant : The fibres obtained from sheathy leaf bases of Musa textilis are woven into Abaca  cloth.

Medicinal plant : The sap obtained from the sheathy leaf bases of Musa paradisiaca is considered to be an antidote for Cobra bite.

Ornamental plant : Ravenala madagascariensis (Traveller's palm) , Strelitzia reginae (the bird of paradise flower) , Heliconia sp. are grown as ornamentals.

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