Nice catch Brassicaceae seems to be your family for the day Sir Ji Tanay On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nasturtium officinale R. Br. (Syn: N. fontanum (Lam.) Asch.; Sisymbrium > nasturtium-aquaticum; Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek.) from Manali > Himachal Pradesh, photographed on October 22, 2009, growing along drains, > streams and standing waters. > > English: Water cress > Hindi: Jal-indushoor > Punjab: Priya halim > Deccan: Lut-putiah > Nepal: Sim saag > > > Consumed as salad or cooked as vegetable. Chopped leaves incorporated in > fruit and vegetable juice, cocktails and soups. Considered antiscorbutic, > appetizing and stimulant. Juice used to cure polyps in nose, decoction as > vermifuge and diuretic. Plant also used in asthma and tuberculosis. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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=en.
