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/ > >
