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This book entitled Weed Identification and Medicinal Use deals with important weed identification tips as well as medicinal use of important weeds. In the first chapter, key identification characteristics of weeds like leaf shape, arrangement of the leaves, type of flowers and inflorescence are given. In the second chapter photographs of 201 weeds along with detailed morphological characters, association with different crops, their dispersal mechanism and growing season etc. are provided. Apart from this, the important morphological characters pertaining to different weed species i.e. plant height, leaf type, root system, type of stem, growing season, branching habits, flower type and colour, shape of fruits/seeds, habitat, means of propagation etc. are also discussed in this chapter. In the third chapter, the medicinal value of 94 important weeds/plant parts which can be used to cure different diseases has been discussed. The glossary of medical terms is also provided in the fourth chapter.
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1. Introduction 2. Botanical description of weeds 1. Abrus precatorius L. 2. Abutilon theophrasti Medicus. 3. Achyranthes aspera L. 4. Acrachne racemosa B. Heyne ex Roem and Schult 5. Aerve pseudotomentosa Blatt & Hallb. 6. Aeschynomene indica L. 7. Ageratum conyzoides L. 8. Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv 9. Allium vineale L. 10. Alternanthera pungens Kunth. 11. Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. 12. Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC. 13. Amaranthus spinosus L. 14. Amaranthus viridis L. 15. Ammannia baccifera L. 16. Anagallis arvensis L. 17. Antirrhinum orontium L. 18. Argemone mexicana L. 19. Artemisia scoparia Waldst & Ket 20. Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav. 21. Atylosia scarabaeoides (L.) Benth. 22. Avena fatua L. 23. Avena ludoviciana Durieu 24. Bacopa caroliniana (Walt.) B. L. Robins. 25. Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell 26. Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff. 27. Bidens pilosa L. 28. Boerhavia diffusa L. 29. Boerhavia erecta L. 30. Brachiaria reptans (L.) Gardner & C.E. Hubb. 31. Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke 32. Caesulia axillaris Roxb. 33. Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br 34. Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton 35. Cannabis sativa L. 36. Carthamus oxyacantha M. Bieb. 37. Cassia absus L. 38. Cassia sericea Sw. 39. Cassia occidentalis L. 40. Cassia tora L. 41. Celosia argentea L. 42. Cenchrus biflorus Roxb. 43. Cenchrus catharticus Delile. 44. Centella asiatica (L.) Urban 45. Chenopodium album L. 46. Chenopodium murale L. 47. Cichorium intybus L. 48. Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. 49. Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad 50. Cleome viscosa L. 51. Commelina benghalensis L. 52. Corchorus aestuans L. 53. Corchorus capsularis L. 54. Corchorus olitorius L. 55. Corchorus tridens L. 56. Corchorus trilocularis L. 57. Convolvulus arvensis L. 58. Convolvulus microphyllus Sieb. ex Spreng. L. 59. Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist. 60. Crotalaria medicaginea Lamark 61. Croton sparsiflorus Morong 62. Cucumis trigonus Roxb. 63. Cuscuta chinensis Lamark 64. Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D. Don ex Sweet. 65. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. 66. Cyperus esculentus L. 67. Cyperus compressus L. 68. Cyperus difformis L. 69. Cyperus iria L. 70. Cyperus kyllingia Endl. 71. Cyperus rotundus L. 72. Datura metel L. 73. Datura stramonium L. 74. Daucus carota L. 75. Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC. 76. Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf. 77. Dicanthium annulatum (Forsk) Stapf. 78. Digera arvensis Forsk. 79. Digitaria sanguinalis(L.) Scop. 80. Echinochloa colona (L.) Link 81. Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. 82. Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. 83. Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. 84. Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz) J. Presl & C. Presl. 85. Eleusine aegyptiaca (L.) Desf. 86. Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn 87. Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. 88. Enhydra fluctuans Lour. 89. Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem & Schult. 90. Eragrostis diarrhena (Schult.) Steud. 91. Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv. 92. Erigeron canadensis L. 93. Euphorbia helioscopia L. 94. Euphorbia hirta L. 95. Euphorbia supina Raf. ex Boiss. 96. Fimbristylis tenera Roem & Schult. 97. Fumaria parviflora Lamarck 98. Gisekia pharnacioides L. 99. Gnaphalium purpureum L. 100. Gomphrena celosioides Mart. 101. Heliotropium indicum L. 102. Hydrilla verticillata (L.F) Royl. 103. Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. 104. Indigofera enneaphylla L. 105. Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. 106. Ipomoea carnea Jacq. 107. Ipomoea hispida (Vahl.) Roem. & Schult. 108. Ipomoea pestigridis L. 109. Ischaemum rugosum Salisb. 110. Juncus bufonius L. 111. Lantana camara L. 112. Lathyrus aphaca L. 113. Launaea asplenifolia Hook.f. 114. Lemna minor L. 115. Lepidium sativum L. 116. Leptochloa panicea Retz. 117. Leucas aspera (Willd.) Spreng 118. Lippia nodiflora A. Rich. 119. Lithospermum arvense L. 120. Lolium temulentum L. 121. Ludwigia hyssopifolia (G. Don) Exell 122. Malva parviflora L. 123. Malvastrum coromand-elianum (L.) Garcke 124. Marsilea quadrifolia L. 125. Medicago denticulate Willd. 126. Melilotus alba Ders. ex. Lamark 127. Melilotus indica (L.) All. 128. Melothria madera-spatana (L.) M. Roem 129. Mollugo nudicaulis Lamark 130. Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C. Presl ex Kunth 131. Opuntia dillenii (Ker-Gawl.) Haw. 132. Orobanche aegyptiaca Pers. 133. Orobanche ramosa L. 134. Oryza sativa L. 135. Oxalis corniculata L. 136. Oxalis martiana Zucc. 137. Oxalis stricta L. 138. Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx. 139. Panicum repens L. 140. Parthenium hysterophorus L. 141. Paspalum dilatatum Poir. 142. Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze. 143. Phalaris minor Retz. 144. Phalaris paradoxa L. 145. Phyllanthus niruri L. 146. Physalis minima L. 147. Physalis peruviana L. 148. Poa annua L. 149. Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lamark. 150. Polygonum glabrum Willd. 151. Polygonum lanigerum R. Br. 152. Polygonum plebejum R.Br. 153. Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf. 154. Portulaca meridiana L.F. 155. Portulaca oleracea L. 156. Portulaca quadrifida L. 157. Potamogeton pectinatus L. 158. Ranunculus sceleratus L. 159. Rhynchosia capitata (Roth) DC. 160. Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. 161. Rumex dentatus L. 162. Rumex spinosus L. 163. Saccharum munja Roxb. 164. Saccharum spontaneum L. 165. Sagittaria trifolia L. 166. Salvinia natans (L.) All. 167. Scirpus juncoides Roxb. 168. Scirpus tuberosus Desf. 169. Sesbania exaltata Raf. 170. Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. 171. Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv. 172. Sida acuta Burm. F. 173. Sida cordifolia L. 174. Sida rhombifolia L. 175. Silene conoidea L. 176. Sisymbrium irio L. 177. Solanum nigrum L. 178. Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad & Wendl. 179. Sonchus asper (L.) Hill 180. Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. 181. Spergula arvensis L. 182. Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. 183. Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid 184. Stellaria media (L.) Vill. 185. Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze 186. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 187. Trianthema portulacastrum L. 188. Tribulus terrestris L. 189. Trifolium campestre Schreb. 190. Trigonella polycerata L. 191. Typha latifolia L. 192. Urena lobata L. 193. Vallisneria spiralis L. 194. Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less. 195. Veronica agrestis L. 196. Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. 197. Vicia sativa L. 198. Vicoa indica (L.) DC. 199. Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal 200. Xanthium strumarium L. 201. Ziziphus nummularia (Burm.f.) Wight & Arn. 3. Medicinal use of important weeds 4. Glossary of medical terms 5. References |
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