| Table - 9 Industrial uses of some common medicinal weeds of Chhattisgarh | ||
| S. No. | Scientific Name | Industrial uses |
| 1 | Melilotus alba | Seed oil suitbale for oil and paint industry |
| 2. | Cassia tora | Seed yields tannins and yellow, blue and red dyes; used for tanning and dyeing yields a gum (7.65%); good agent for suspending and binding. |
| 3. | Cyperus rotundus | Yield an essential oil (0.5-0.9%) used in perfumery and incense. |
| 4. | Jatropha curcas | Yields an essential oil (30-40%) suitable as fuel for diesel engine |
| 5. | Saccharum spontaneum | Culm suitable for pulp fordifferent types of paper; also suited for hard-boards. |
| 6. | Xanthium strumarium | Seeds used in soap. Oil paper inndustries. Shell useful for activated carbon and for furfural |