| Table 4 : Weed flora under different land situations of
Ambikapur district. |
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| Sl. |
Common name |
Local name |
Botanical name |
Family |
Distribution of weeds in
different land |
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Up Mid Low |
| 1 |
Cocklebur |
Kuthua |
Xanthium strumarium |
Asteraceae |
+ + |
| 2 |
Goatweed |
Mahkua |
Ageratum conyzoides |
Asteraceae |
+ |
| 3 |
Sow thistle |
- |
Sonchus oleraceus |
Asteraceae |
+ |
| 4 |
Congress grass |
Gajar ghas |
Parthenium hysterophours |
Asteraceae |
+ + |
| 5 |
Wild chafflower |
Berdekha |
Achyranthus aspera |
Amarantacease |
+ |
| 6 |
Cox comb |
Siliari |
Celosia argentea |
Amarantacease |
+ |
| 7 |
Foetid cassia |
Charota |
Cassia tora |
Leguminosae |
+ |
| 8 |
Sole grass |
Sole |
Aeschyonomene indica |
Leguminosae |
+ + |
| 9 |
Wild crotolaria |
Janglee sanai |
Crotolaria ninna |
Leguminosae |
+ |
| 10 |
Sida |
Bariyari |
Sida acuta |
Malvaceae |
+ |
| 11 |
Leucas |
Gumma |
Leucas cephalotus |
Labialae |
+ |
| 12 |
Day flower |
Kaua-Kaini |
Commelina benghalensls |
Commelinaceae |
+ + +
|
| 13 |
Blacknlghtsh
|
Makoe |
Solanum nigrum |
Solanaceae |
+ |
| 14 |
Bindweed |
Hirankhuri |
Convolvulus arvensis |
Convolvulaceae |
+ |
| 15 |
Morning glory |
Panchpatri |
Ipomoea pestigridis |
Convolvulaceae |
+ |
| 16 |
Swamp cabbage |
Karmatta bhaji |
I.aquatica. |
Convolvulaceae |
+ |
| 17 |
Niruri |
Phaneri |
Phyllanthus niruri |
Euphorbiaecae |
+ |
| 18 |
Spurge |
Duddhi |
Euphorbia spp. |
Euphorbiaecae |
+ |
| 19 |
Lantana |
Jarayan |
Lantana camara L. |
Verbenaceae |
+ |
| 20 |
Vernonia |
Sahdevi |
Vernonia baldwini Torr. |
Compositae
|
+ |
| 21 |
Legasea |
- |
Lagasea mollis Cav. |
Compositae
|
+ |
| 22 |
Purple
nutsedge |
Motha |
Cyperus rotundus L. |
Cyperaceae |
+ |
| 23 |
Sedge |
- |
C. kyllinga Rottb. |
Cyperaceae |
+ |
| 24 |
Wood sorrel |
Teen patti |
Oxalis spp. |
Oxalidaceae
|
+ |
| 25 |
Water hyacinth |
Jalkumbhi |
Eichhornia crassipes |
Potenderiaceae |
+ + |
| 26 |
Barnyard grass |
Sawan |
Echinocloa colonum L. |
Graminae |
+ + |
| 27 |
Goose grass |
Janglee ragi |
Eleusine indica |
Graminae |
+ + |
| 28 |
Love grass |
Chiwra phool |
Ergrostis spp. |
Graminae |
+ + |
| 29 |
Fox tail |
- |
Setaria glauca L. (Beauv) |
Graminae |
+ |
| 30 |
Cenchrus |
- |
Cenchrus catharticus De. |
Graminae |
+ |
| 31 |
Drop seed grass |
- |
Sporobolus diander (Retz.) |
Graminae |
+ + |
| 32 |
Bermuda grass |
Doob |
Cynodon dactylon (L) Pers. |
Graminae |
+ + |
| 33 |
Paspalum |
- |
Paspalum vaginatum L. |
Graminae |
+ + |
| 34 |
Paspalidium |
- |
Paspalum punctatum |
Graminae |
+ + |
| 35 |
Eriochloa |
- |
Eriochloa spp. |
Graminae |
+ + |
| 36 |
Swallow wort |
Aak |
Calotropis procera R. Br. |
Asclepidaceae |
+ |
| 37 |
Scorparia |
Mithi patti |
Scoparia dulcis L. |
Scrophulariaceae |
+ |
| 38 |
Fimbristylis |
- |
Fimbristylis barbata R. Ben. |
Cyperaceae |
+ + |
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| Note : + Indictes occurrence of weed species in
majority on the basis of visual oservations. |
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