Thanks Gurcharan ji for the nice pictures. For the first time I observed this plant in Agriculture university campus, Raipur during student life. Now it is spreading in different parts of the state as the technologies from the campus are reaching to farmer's fields through field demonstrations.
It is reported as problematic weed in rabi crops specially in wheat from North India. On one hand the weed experts are engaged in scientific trials to develop herbicides to manage it and on the other hand the Traditional Healers are trying to use this alien species as source of new medicines. Many of them have developed new uses. For example, in Andrographis based formulations they add Cirsium roots to nullify the harmful effects of Andrographis. Their research is never ending process. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Cirsium arvense from Kashmir, growing along roadsides and wastelands, > Photographed on June 19, 2010. > > -- > 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/> > >
