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