Lovely photos !!!!!! Tanay On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Allium tuberosum Rottl. (syn: A. clarkei Hook.f.) growing in College > Botanical Garden. It flowers in August-September and is iseal material for > teaching Alliaceae to students. Common names: Garlic chives, Chinese leeks, > Chinese chives, Flat chives. > > The whole plant is antibacterial, cardiac, depurative, digestive, > stimulant, stomachic and tonic. It is an anti-emetic herb that improves > kidney function. It is used internally to treat urinary incontinence, kidney > and bladder weaknesses etc. The seed is carminative and stomachic. They are > used in India in the treatment of spermatorrhoea. The leaves and the bulbs > are applied to bites, cuts and wounds. The juice of the plant is used as a > moth repellent. The whole plant is said to repel insects and moles. > > Any local Indian names for the 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 +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
