Dear Mani ji and Sir Ji more information of this plant from http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Medicago_sativa.htm tanay
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:55 AM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gurcharan ji, nice flower. In Pune I have seen this plant cultivated in > large farms. These are used as cattle feed. We find large number of > honebees whereever these plants are cultivated. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Medicago sativa L. from Kashmir, very commonly growing in meadows, >> wastelands, cultivated fields and roadsides. Photographed from Botanical >> Garden below Chshmashahi on June 26, 2010 and Pahalgam on June 20, 2010. >> >> Common names: >> English: Lucerne, Alfalfa >> Hindi: Vilayat-gawuth, Lasunghas >> Mar: Vilayati-gavat >> Guj: Vilayat-ghas >> Kan: Vilayati-hullu >> Ladakh: Holl >> Punjab: Lusan >> >> Highly valued legume fodder, commercial source of chlorophyll, important >> bee plant >> >> >> >> -- >> 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
