Explain weed identification giving examples

      

Explain weed identification giving examples

  

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Kavungya
Weeds are identified by their common (individual) names and botanical names.
They are named according to specific features or according to person who identified them.
Examples.
Common Name.........Botanical Name
Black Jack ………………………Bidens pilosa
Mexican marigold ………………Tagetes minuta
0xalislsorrel ……………………..Oxalis spp.
Double thorn ……………………Oxygonum sinuatum
Thorn apple ……………………..Datura stramonium
Couch grass ……………………..Digitaria scalarum
Nut grass ………………………..Cyperus rotundus
Wandering Jew …………………Commelina bengalensis
Sow thistle ………………………Sonchus ole race us
Devil's horsewhip ……………….Achyranthes aspera
Macdonald's eye/ Gallant soldier. Gallinsoga parviflora
Sodom apple …………………….Solanum incanum
Black night shade ………………..Solanum nigrum
Chinese lantern…………………. Nicandra physalodes
Bracken fern ……………………..Pteridium aquillium
Love grass/ Bristly foxtail ……….Setaria verticillata
Cleavers …………………………Gallium spurium
Rape weed ………………………Brassica nap us
Wild oats ………………………...Avena fatua
Lantana/Tick berry ………………Lantana camara
Water hyacinth ………………….Eichhornia crassipes
Striga/Witch weed ………………Striga hermontheca
Creeping indigo ………………….Indigofera spicata
Kavungya answered the question on April 26, 2019 at 06:28


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