BHANG ? WILD MARIJUANA - INFORMATION

BHANG IN URDU

WILD MARIJUANA IN ENGLISH

BHANG, WILD MARIJUANA, CANNABIS SATIVA, HEMP

Cannabis sativa or marijuana is widely known and much has been written about it. It grows wild in Iran, Pakistan, Northern India and Southern Siberia, and probably in other countries too. In Pakistan and India a drink is made from it called Bhang; this is......LEARN MORE 

ALOE VERA? KANWAR GANDAL - INFORMATION

KANWAR GANDAL IN URDU

 ALOE VERA IN ENGLISH

 I’d seen it many times before I realized that the rather ugly (I thought) spiky plant was aloe vera, which I knew was used in various lotions and creams as well as shampoos........LEARN MORE

CHONG ? INFORMATION

CHONG IS URDU NAME

LATIN NAME IS CARALLUMA FIMBRIATA

CHONG, CARALLUMA FIMBRIATA

Chong or perhaps chonga is used as a vegetable where we are in Pakistan, although it is not well known in other places it would appear. It is a strange-looking thing........LEARN MORE

AAK ? THE WONDER WEED - INFORMATION

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AAK, in urdu.

ENGLISH NAME: SODOM'S APPLE or SWALLOW-WORT

 LATIN NAME: CALOTROPIS PROCERA
Aak in Urdu, Sodom’s Apple or Swallow-wort in English has the Latin name Calotropis procera. It is highly poisonous and should be treated with great care. If you get the juice in your eyes it.......LEARN MORE 

INDIAN PIPE PLANT - INFORMATION

INDIAN PIPE PLANT also know as: GHOST PLANT, CORPSE PLANT, MONOTROPA UNIFLORA

INDIAN PIPE PLANT, grows only four to ten inches tall.
INDIAN PIPE PLANT, usually seen from June to September.

It is native to North America and the Himalayas, Japan and parts of temperate Europe.
This unusual plant has no chlorophyll, so is not green. It therefore cannot make its own food, and is a parasite having a relationship with a fungus and a tree. It takes nutrients from both and so is found...........LEARN MORE