This document summarizes information about three herbal plants - lavender, papaya, and additional medicinal plants. It describes lavender as a fragrant shrub native to Eurasia with purple flowers used to make perfumes and sachets. Papaya is summarized as a tropical fruit-bearing tree with palmately lobed leaves and separate male and female plants. The common names and scientific classifications are also provided for lavender and papaya. Finally, several additional medicinal plants - alfalfa, aloe vera, arnica, ashwagandha, black reddish, pumpkin, and peppermint - are listed.

1. HERBAL PLANTS

2. LAVENDER
Lavender, common name for any of a genus of fragrant herbs and
shrubs (see Mint), native to Eurasia. Flowers are produced on
terminal spikes and have four stamens, a solitary pistil, a five-
toothed calyx (set of sepals), and a five-lobed tubular corolla (set
of petals) forming two lips. Common lavender is a shrubby
Mediterranean herb also cultivated in gardens. It has narrow
leaves and small lilac-purple flowers containing oil of lavender,
used in the manufacture of perfumes, toilet water, and aromatic
vinegar. Dried flowers of lavender are used to make sachets for
perfuming clothing and linen. French, or Spanish, lavender has
flower spikes tipped with long, coloured, ear-like bracts.

4. Scientific classification: Lavenders
make up the genus Lavandula of the
family Labiatae. Common lavender is
classified as Lavandula augustifolia
and French, or Spanish, lavender as
Lavandula stoechas

5. PAPAYA
Papaya or Pawpaw, common name for a small family of soft-wooded, sparsely
branched trees of the tropical Americas and western tropical Africa, and for its
representative genus and its fruit. Four genera and about 30 species are placed in
this family of dicots. They characteristically have palmately lobed or compound
leaves; small, unisexual flowers; and separate male and female plants (that is, they
are dioecious). All parts of the plants contain milky latex in special latex-
producing cells.

6. The common papaya, also called pawpaw, is native to the New World, but its exact
origin is unknown. It may be a chance hybridization between two other species of
the representative genus. It is now widely cultivated in the tropics, and many
varieties have been developed. In the wild, the tree grows to about 1.8 m (6 ft) tall,
but cultivated trees may be about 7.6 m (25 ft) tall. The fruits, which vary in shape
from spherical to elongated and which may weigh as much as 9 kg (20 lb), are
eaten fresh as breakfast fruit or in salads or desserts. The leaves are used to wrap
meat in cooking, to tenderize it. Papaya is also exploited for its latex, which
contains papain, a proteolytic (protein-digesting) enzyme used in meat
tenderizers. A few other species of the representative genus are eaten in the
tropics. A tree called the pawpaw in the United States belongs to the custard apple
family.

7. Scientific classification: Papaya is thecommonname for the familyCaricaceae. The
representative genus is Carica. The common papaya is classifiedas Caricapapaya.
The tree called pawpawin the United States belongs to the family Annonaceae and
is classifiedas Asimina triloba.

8. THERE ARE SOME MORE MEDICINAL PLANTS . THEY ARE -
ALFALFA
ALOE VERA
ARNICA
ASHWAGANDHA
BLACK REDDISH
PUMPKIN
PINEAPPLE
PEPPERMINT

9. ENGLISH PROJECT
WORK
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
MADE BY –
ROHIT KUMAR SINGH
CHINMAYA HELCHEL
KASHYAP MEHTA
ABY ABRAHAM

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