This plant is a noxious weed in Vancouver found growing everywhere !! Tanay
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Plantago major from Kashmir, very commonly growing especially in moist > situations on roadsides, gardens and meadows. Photographed from Balgarden, > Srinagar on June 15, 2010. > > Common names: > English: Broadleaf plantain, Common plantain, Greater plantain, Plantain, > French: Grand plantain, Plantain majeur > German: Breitwegerich > Spanish: Llantén, Llantén común, Llantén major > Kashmir: Gul isafghol > Punjab: Ghuzbe, Karet > Kumaon: Luhuryia > > Used as pot-herb; used in wound-healing; Also used in piles, skin troubles, > diarrhoea and other diseases. > > -- > 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/ > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
