Satish yes the spelling is correct but for a plant that has 43 synonyms <http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32547/?max=8&offset=0&classification=265799&taxon=30451&view=grid>, does that matter?
Its native to southern states of north america (fl, tx, ) and country : mexico per wiki <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromolaena_odorata> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromolaena_odorata> and is among 100 most noxious weeds of the world , displacing native plants and yet is popularly known by many as siam weed <http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/23248>... as if blaming siam for its origin... injustice in naming... anyway one of the papers (abstract) <http://www.cabi.org/isc/abstract/20153389075>only suggests that this is harmful because soil ph is reduced and available phosphorus in soil decreased. and is a fire hazard <http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/23248> killing off plantations this last link is a well written essay on its problem. thanks for getting me to read up on this. i am searching any ethnobotanical uses that may have been discovered by villagers the world over, since no lifie form without some redeeming feature ... if anybody knows or hears of them among our members it would be very welcome ushadi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromolaena_odorata> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends > I have deleted all the conversations in my mail inbox as the storage was > full. > Hoping to start as fresh. It is difficult to check all the missed unread > mails too which are in thousands > Sorry for not being able to interact much last few months. > Hope to get time to interact again. > It is difficult to find new plants now as I have posted most plants > earlier so I have decided to post some plants again which I might have > posted earlier. > Hope It is not boring > Sending a photograph of a nasty weed which has invaded in most parts of > open areas all over India > Hope the name is correct > *Chromolaena odorata* > Vetal Tekdi Pune > Dr Satish Phadke > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
