Dear Pankaj, .... the plant smells when leaves are crushed. Google "Chromolaena odorata smell" ... crushed leaves emit pungent odour ... also known as parrafienbos, for the smell. It smells like Parrafin ... Leaves ovate to triangular, 3-veined from the base, gland-dotted below, smelling strongly of turpentine or paraffin when crushed.
Regards. On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dinesh sir, > tivra gandha, does it smell so strong, i never felt that way?? > Pankaj > > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> ... herb with a bushy nature ... rambles and forms thickets ... can reach >> to great heights (the base then becomes woody) ... native of tropical >> America ... *Chromolaena odorata* (syn. *Eupatorium odoratum*) ... the >> common floss flower, commonly known as: Siam weed, triffid weed • Hindi: >> बाग़ धोका bagh dhoka, तीव्र गंधा tivra gandha >> >> >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Photographed at my farm at Shahapur on Sunday. Please identify this >>> herb. It stood about 4-5 feet high. >>> Thanks, >>> With regards, >>> Neil Soares. >>> >>> >> > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
