Thanks for sharing. It is considered as fertility indicator. Its presence in crop fields increases the price of land. Farmers believe that if Gudaria, local name, is growing in this land it means we can grow all crops with good harvest.
The name Gorakhmundi says that it is the herb recommended by Baba Gorakhnath. It is used as traditional medicine, although our weed scientists have wasted millions to manage this plant as weed in crop fields. As I always say, farmers are real scientists. They ignore the weed expert's recommnedations and collect this herb from field and sell it to local herb traders. In this way they earn additional income from this socalled weed. Every year this herb is purchased in bulk and in form of tens of truckloads supplied to drug manufacturing companies. I have written hundreds of articles on different aspect of this herb. Here are some useful links http://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&q=+site:www.botanical.com+sphaeranthus+oudhia&ei=vFX-SoWIG4Xu6gPA5qXzCg&sa=X&oi=manybox&resnum=7&ct=all-results&ved=0CAIQqAQwBw&fp=94f5bc3d92523f1a http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/sphaeranthus.html Pankaj Oudhia On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Pravin Kawale <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > Flowers of Sphaeranthus indicus > Marathi name: Gorakhmundi > At Sagargad,Alibag > 14 Nov,2009 > Thanks > > > DSC08790.JPG > DSC08793.JPG > DSC08788.JPG > > These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. > Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=.
