Classical example of a nearly cosmopolitan plant species.
-- 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/ On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:01 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, P >> lantain, >> 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 > >
