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