Thanks for sharing tanay On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Garlic mustard* (*Alliaria petiolata*) german Knoblauchsrauke is a more > or less a weed, growing everywhere. The genus name *Alliaria*, "resembling > *Allium <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium>*", refers to the > garlic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic>-like > odour of the crushed foliage. Lawrence Newcomb gives the species name > *Alliaria > officinalis* for this plant. The leaves, flowers and fruit are edible as > food <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food> for > humans<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human>, > and are best when young. They have a mild flavour of both garlic and > mustard, and are used in salads <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad> and > pesto <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesto>. They were once used as > medicine. In Europe as many as 69 species of > insects<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect>and 7 species of > fungi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi> utilize Garlic Mustard as a > food plant, including the larvae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larva> of > some Lepidoptera <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera> species such > as the Garden Carpet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_Carpet> moth. > Regards > Nalini > > > -- *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 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
