 One of the crossandra varieties he has developed has been christened "Abdul Kalam Crossandra", after the erstwhile President of India.Another variety of casuarina developed by him is dedicated to the incumbent Chief Minister of Puducherry, N. Rangaswamy and is known by name, "Rangaswamy Casuarina".He is reported to have devised farming techniques for "Delhi Crossandra" which yields 20 kg of flowers per acre per day.