Yes Nabha ji This plant correctly known as Alliaria petiolata (syn: A, officinalis; Sisymbrium alliaria), is common in the Himalayas also, I remember it from Kashmir for its garlic like smell of crushed leaves, it is also known as garlic mustard, garlicwort and hedge garlic.
-- 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 Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 1:26 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for sharing > tanay > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Na Bha <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote: > >> *Garlic mustard* (*Alliaria petiolata*) german Knoblauchsrauke is a >> more or less a weed, growing everywhere. The genus name *Alliaria*, >> "resembling *Allium <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium>*", refers to >> the garlic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic>-like odour of the >> crushed foliage. Lawrence Newcomb gives the species name *Alliaria >> officinalis* for this plant. The leaves, flowers and fruit are edible as >> food <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food> for >> humans<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human>, >> and are best when young. They have a mild flavour of both garlic and >> mustard, and are used in salads <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad> and >> pesto <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesto>. They were once used as >> medicine. In Europe as many as 69 species of >> insects<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect>and 7 species of >> fungi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi> utilize Garlic Mustard as a >> food plant, including the larvae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larva> of >> some Lepidoptera <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera> species such >> as the Garden Carpet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_Carpet> moth. >> Regards >> Nalini >> >> >> > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > ta...@interchange.ubc.ca > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > >
