Good morning Usha Di According to wiki it is sometimes grown as medicinal and ornamental plant - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromolaena_odorata
Pages of Bengal Plants & F. B. I. - 1. http://ia600605.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237401&itemPath=%2F1%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237401&server=ia600605.us.archive.org&page=n598_w1150.jpg 2. http://ia700609.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot21753000004407&itemPath=%2F0%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004407&server=ia700609.us.archive.org&page=n247_w1150.jpg Thank you. Regards surajit On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > wonder why did they cultivate it? > any ideas? > > we need botanical historians???? > > Usha di > == > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:41 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> This is a wild herb found in waste place. "Bengal Plants" describes two >> species - >> >> - Flower-heads in lax raceme; leaves lanceolate, the base gradually >> tapering to a short petiole; margin subentire ......... *Ayapana* >> - Flower-heads rather closely corymbose; leaves ovate-acuminate, the >> base abruptly tapering to a distinct petiole; margins coarsely serrate >> ........ *odoratum* >> >> I think this is *Eupatorium odoratum* L. = *Chromolaena odorata* (L.) >> R.M.King & H.Rob. >> >> But, "Bengal Plants" also describes that both the above species are >> cultivated in Bengal. I wonder how once cultivated species becomes wild in >> course of time! >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > --
