Hmm! 'Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate' is intriguing. Somewhere in Kashmir there must be another plant called, 'I'll-kick-your-butt-across-the-field'...if the father was watching from one of the windows.
Cheers, Kiran Srivastava Mumbai On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach (syn: Polygonum orientale L.), growing in > moist areas, sometimes grown as ornamental. Photographed from Hazuribagh > garden in Srinagar on June 16, 2010. > > Common names > English: Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Prince's-feather, Princess-feather > Chinese: Hong liao > French: Renouée orientale > Beng: Bara pani mirch > > Eaten as pot-herb; used as tonic and vulnerary. Concentrated infusion > poisonous to fish. Nuts used for tubercular swellings and flatulence. > * > * > * > * > > > -- > 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/ > >
