Nice Catch Sir On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]> wrote: > This herb is present in my database in section of Healing Flora of Ladakh. > Veronica biloba based Formulations are used for Insomnia. > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Veronica biloba Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 2: 172. 1771. >> >> Erect annual herb usually branched from base; leaves oblong to >> ovate-lanceolate, up to 3 cm long, margin shallowly dentate; racemes mostly >> terminal, sparsely glandular hairy; bracts smaller than leaves, entire; >> calyx 4-lobed, lobes ovate-lanceolate, 4-8 mm long in fruit with entire >> margin, 3-veined; corolla white or blue-purple, 3-4 mm diam.; capsule >> strongly compressed, shorter than calyx, deeply notched, lobes appearing >> almost free; style very short, included in notch. >> >> Common as weed in fields and roadsides. Photographed from Gulmarg. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >
-- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
