Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Weeds-Invasive Plants:

Weeds-Invasive Plants:
These are widely seen in the fields in various places of Kerala. It is threat to farmers. These invasive weeds covers very widely and leave no place to grow other plants.Some of them has medicinal properties.

Aanathottavadi-((Mimosa diplotricha) Family Name-Mimosaceae
African Payal-(Salvenia, Salvenia molesta) Family Name-Saliniaceae
Congress Pullu-(Parthenium hysterophorus) Family Name-Asteraceae
Dhruthrashtrapacha-(Mile-a-minute,Milcania micrantha) Family Name- Asteraceae
Kulavazha-(Water Hyhyacinth,Eichornia crassipes) Family Name-Pontederiaceae

In Malayalam it generally refers as KALA.

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