| Table 15 : Medicinal weeds in chickpea fields of Chhattisgarh region of India | ||||
| Scientific name | Common | Family name | Medicinal uses | Remarks' |
| Melilotus alba and M. indica2 | Senji | Leguminoaceae | Discutient and emollient, externally as Fomentation, poultice, or plaster fr swellings | M,m |
| Spilanthes acmella | Akarkara | Compositeae | For diseases of the mouth | M |
| Vicia sativa | Zillo | Leguminoaceae | Emollient used as poultice | M |
| Chenopodium album | Bhathua | Chenopodiaceae | For hook worm, leucoderma and skin problems | M,m |
| Sphaeranthus indicus 2 | Mundi | Compositeae | For repiratory diseases | M,m |
| Cynodon dactylon | Doobi | Gramineae | Whole plant juice as astringetn, decoction of root as diuretic | M,m |
| Cyperus rotundus | Motha | Cyperaceae | Root is useful in leprosy, thirst, fever, diseases of the blood, billouseness, dysentry, intense itching, epilepsy, ophthalmia | M,m |
| Medicago denticulata | Leguminoaceae | As antidote to venom | M | |
| Parthenium hysterophorus | Gajar ghas | Compositeae | Root decoction useful in dysentry | - |
| Vicoa vestata | Takla | Comositeae | - | - |
| Anagallis arvensis | Kishna neel | Primulaceae | For diseases of repiratory organs and genitals, also in | M |
| Euphorbia heterophylla | Duddhi | Euphorbiaceae | For respiratory diseases | M,m |
| Gomphrena decumbens | - | Amaranthaceae | - | - |
| Lathyrus sp. | Khesary | Leguminoaceae | A reputed drug in homeopathic systems of medicine, oil from the seed is a powerful but dangerous cathartic | M |
| Launea sp. | Jangli palak | Compositeae | Used as lactagogue | M |
| Oxalis corniculata | Khati-buti | Oxalidaceae | For skin diseases | M,m |
| Sonchus arvensis | - | Compositeae | Used as laative and diuretic, root and leaves used as a tonic and febrifuge | M |
| Vernonia baldwini | - | Compositeae | Useful in treatment of asthma. bronchitis and constipation | M |
| Tridax procumbens | Bhengra | Compositeae | For all types of bleeding | M,m |
| Blumea lacera2 | Kukurmutta | Compositeae | For bronchitis, fevers, thirst and buming sensation | M,m |
| Cirsium arvense | Kanta van | Compositeae | - | |
| 1. M- Weeds having medicinal properties m=weeds used in Chhattisgarh as medicinal plants. | ||||
| 2. Weeds with heavy demand in national and international drug markets. | ||||
| a= no tknown | ||||