TAXONOMY OF ANGIOSPERMS

  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 tube...

  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...

    SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF MALVACEAE The cotton family Class : Dicotyledonae Sub - class : Polypetalae Series : Thalamiflorae Order : Malvales Family : Malvaceae SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF SOLANACEAE The potato family Class : Dicotyledonae Sub - class : Gamopetalae Series : Bicarpellate Order : Polemoniales Family : Solanaceae SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF EUPHORBIACEAE The castor family Class : Dicotyledonae Sub - class : Monochlamydeae Series : Unisexuales Family : Euphorbiaceae SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF MUSACEAE The banana family Class : Monocotyledonae Series : Epigynae Family : Musaceae     SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF LAURINEAE Class : Dicotyledonae Sub - class : Monochlamydeae Series : Daphnales Family : Laurineae