KULTHI English : Horse-gram Urdu : Kulthi Telugu : Ulavalu Description : It is grown as a dry crop on poor soils and is hardy and draught resitant. It is a native of india and the important areas are Madras,…

KHURMA English : Edible dates/Dried dates Urdu : Pend Khajur/Khurma/Chhuhara Telugu : Ita/Kharjuramu Description : This is a tall tree, a native of Arabia but now cultivated in India and Pakistan.It is upto 36m in high and its trunk is…

KHULANJAN English : Grater Galangale Urdu : Khilanjan/Kulanjan/Badi kulanjan Telugu : Pedda Dampa Description : It is a herbaceous plant 2 m high,having lanceolate and smooth with white margin leaves,small greenish white flowers about 3 cm long and orange red…

KHUBBAZI English : Common mallow Urdu : Khubbazi/Tukhm-e-Khubbazi Telugu : Trikalamalli Description : It is an erect, branched and woody biennialor perennial 30-120 cm high plant.It is wild and grows as a weed but is also cultivated in the gardens.…

KHIYAR English : Cucumber/Common Cucumber Urdu : Khira/Kiyar Telugu : Khiyar/Qisa Description : This is a popular vegetable crop and widely cultivated through out the world.These are numerous varieties under cultivation. Some bear fruits 25-35 cm long 7-10 cm in…

KHITMI English : Althaea / Marsh or White mallow Urdu : Khitmi/Khatmi/Khero/Guli kheri Telugu : __ Description : It is a perennial plant, having about 15 species, distributed in the temperate regions of which two are native to India. i.e.…

KHASHKHASH English : Poppy capsule or head/Poppy fruit’s rind Urdu : Khashkhash/Post-e-Khashkhash Telugu : Khaskhasu/Postakaya Description : This is an erect annual herb,green, glabrous, scarely branched about 0.6 m high or more. Leaves clapsing the stem by their cordate base,…

KHARBUZAH English : Melon/Sweet Melon Urdu : Kharbuza/Kharbuzah/Kharbuza Telugu : Velipandu Description : It is an annual climbing or creeping herb with large, soft hairy leaves and spherical, ovoid or elliptic fruits of varying size and colour. The Skin of…

KATIRA English : Gum tragacanth/Astragal Urdu : Karira/Gond katira/Anjira Telugu : __ Description : Astragalus is a large genus or herbs or under-shrubs,comprising about 1600 species distributed from asia minor through Khurdistan to Iraq, Iran, Greece,Turkey, Syria and north -western…

KANSI English : Wild endive or chicory/Endive or Garden endive Urdu : Kansi/Tukhm-e-Kasni/Barg-e-Kansi/Beikh-e-Kasni Telugu : Kasni vittulu Description : This is an annual shrub,having two varieties–(i) Cultivated (ii) Wild. The root which is used in treatement is obtained from chicorium…