Missing Dendrophthoe Herbal Formulations from Dharwad, Karnataka.
Random Ethnobotany Notes by Pankaj Oudhia. Part-518 Missing Dendrophthoe Herbal Formulations from Dharwad, Karnataka. “But he is here for studying Parthenium menace not for medicinal plants. Keep your Formulations with you.” It was voice of the local person travelling with me in Dharwad area of Karnataka state. I was at University of Agricultural Sciences for International Conference on Parthenium Management. After my paper presentation group of university professors invited me for field trip to demonstrate the impact of imported Mexican beetle Zygogramma on Parthenium population. “Let’s visit to farmer’s field where you can ask them openly about the impact.” They proposed. The formal discussion with farmers turned into informal when I started sharing knowledge about medicinal weeds present in surroundings. Farmers were not in favor of chemical weed control methods suggested by the university professors. They liked the concept of weed man...