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Monday, October 19, 2009

Weed list-1

Botanical name & family

English name

Local name

Achyranthes aspara L.

(Amaranthaceae)

Prickly chaff flower, devel’s horse whip

Putth Kanda,

Puttha kand,

Chirchita

Alhagi maurorum Medic.

{Syn. A camelorum Fischer.}

Fabaceae

Prickly clover, camelthorn bush, Persian manna

Juvansa,

Juvahan

Amaranthus spinosus L.

(Amaranthaceae)

Spiny amaranth, spiny pigweed, prickly amaranth

Cholai,

Kandiali cholai

Amaranthus viridis L.

(Amaranthaceae)

Slender amaranth, pigweed

Jangli cholai, Tandulia,Cholai

Anagallis arvensis L.

(Primulaceae)

Blue pimpernel, poisonweed

Billi booti, Dhabber,

Argemone mexicana L

(Papaveraceae)

Prickly poppy, Devil's fig, Mexican poppy

Sialkanta

Arundo donax L.

{(Syn. Phragmites karka (Retz.)}Trin.

Poaceae

Arundo, thatch grass, reed

Narra

Asphodelus tenuifolius L.

(Syn. A. fistulosus L.) (Liliaceae)

Asphodel, jungle onion, onion weed, wild onion

Piazi, Bhokat

Astragalus spp.

Papilionaceae

Milk vetch

Rotphullai

Avena fatua L.

(Poaceae)

Wild oats

Jangli jai, Javdri

Atriplex crassifolia C. A. Mey

(A. crassipes, A. patula)

Chenopodiaceae

Atriplex, salt bush

Lani

Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merriell & Sheriff ex Roxh.

(Compositae/asteraceae)

Hairy beggarticks, blackjack, cobler’s peg

Dipmal, Phutium

Boerhavia procumbens Banks ex Roxb(Syn.B.diffusa L., Trianthema pentendra) (Nyctaginaceae)

Creeping spiderling,

spreading hogweed

Biskhapra, Bashkhira

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