Identification of vegetable and spice crops

Exercise 1

Vegetables

Sr. No.	Family	Common Name	Botanical Name	Chromosome Number (2n)
A.	Monocotyledonous
1	Alliaceae	Onion	Allium cepa	16
2		Garlic	Allium stivum	16
3	Araceae	Arvi	Colocasia esculentum	28
B.	Dicotyledonous
4	Chenopodiaceae	Beet Root	Beta vulgaris	18
5		Spinach	Spinacia oleracea	12
6	Convolvulaceae	Sweet Potato	Ipomoea batatas	90
7	Crucifereae	Cauliflower	B. oleracea var. botrytis	18
8		Cabbage	Brassica o. var. capitata	18
9		Knol Khol	B.oleracea var. caulorapa	18
10		Turnip	B. campestris var. rapa	20
11		Radish	Raphanus sativus	18
12	Cucurbitaceae	Cucumber	Cucumis sativus	14
13		Pumpkin	Cucurbita moschata	40
14		Water melon	Citrullus lanatus	22
15		Musk melon	Cucumis melo	24
16		Tinda	Citru. vulgaris var. fistulosus	22
17		Ridge Gourd	Luffa acutangula	26
18		Sponge Gourd	Luffa cylindrica	26
19		Bottle Gourd	Lagenaria siceraria	22
20		Bitter Gourd	Momordica charantia	22
21		Parwal	Trichosanthes dioica	22
22	Leguminosae	Pea	Pisum sativum	14
23		French bean	Phaseolus vulgaris	22
24		Cowpea	Vigna unguiculata	22
25	Malvaceae	Okra	Abelmoschus esculentus	130
26	Solanaceae	Potato	Solanum tuberosum	48
27		Tomato	Lycopersicon esculentum	24
28		Brinjal	Solanum melongena	24
29		Chilli	Capsicum annum	24
30	Apiaceae	Carrot	Daucus carota	18
41	Amaranthaceae	Amaranthus	Amaranthus tricolor	34
42	Moringaceae	Drumstick	Moringa oleifera	28

Spices