[efloraofindia:33328] Dysphania ambrosioides (syn: Chenopodium ambrosioides) from Delhi

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clements (Syn: Chenopodium ambrosioides L.) from Delhi, growing in waste places, especially along sandy banks of river yamuna in Delhi.

America wormseed, Mexican tea, Jerusalem tea; Ma: Katu ayamoddakam

yields essential oil used against worms, and intestinal amoebae.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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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/

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[tanay bose]

Sir I have never seen this plant around Kolkata ...Hope it doesn't grow here !! Kindly confirm me.
Regards
Tanay

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clements (Syn: Chenopodium ambrosioides L.) from Delhi, growing in waste places, especially along sandy banks of river yamuna in Delhi.

America wormseed, Mexican tea, Jerusalem tea; Ma: Katu ayamoddakam

yields essential oil used against worms, and intestinal amoebae.

--
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/

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Tanay Bose
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[Gurcharan Singh]

Rather a common plant. I have seen a lot of this plant in Kashmir, Manali, and other hill stations.

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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]

May be present here it was my fault that i did not notice it ...or may not be...
Tanay

[Gurcharan Singh]

Kiran ji

Thanks for this interesting information. I think this information should go to the group, as such I am doing the same (Just for your information Dysphania is also a moth genus, found in India. if you are interested please look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphania_percota.)

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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/ 

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:50 PM, kiran srivastava <srivastava.jo@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,
Just for your information Dysphania is also a moth genus, found in India. if you are interested please look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphania_percota.

Cheers,

Kiran Srivastava

Mumbai

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote: