Saturday, September 24, 2016

Sicklepod, Togache

English = Sicklepod
Kannada = Togache, Gandu Togache


It is a weed looks like ground nut (peanut) plant. Flowers and leaves are similar. Unlike peanut plant it grows straight and long deep mother root. Fruits are like beans fruit. Inedible. Smells like pungent body Oder. Spreads rapidly with seeds during summer and start growing in rainy season. Remove when it young.

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Wild Abutilon

This plant is also known as Indian mallow and velvetleaf.
Flowers are most often yellow or orange filled with nectar juice.
This plant is called as Tuththi Gida in Kannada (ತುತ್ತಿ ಗಿಡ)














Flowers are Edible. Leaves used for Ayurvedic medicinal purpose specially for lungs and chest pain.
Smash the leaves and rub the place where pain is concentrated.

Friday, September 16, 2016

creeping charlie

It is commonly known as ground-ivy
It grows well in shaded and moist places.  It's a non poisonous



In many places it is considered as weed and in some places as gardening plant.
Small infestations can be controlled through hand weeding; repeated weeding is required because the plant is stoloniferous and will continue to spread from its roots or bits of stem which reroot.