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Broad leaf weeds of Chickpea:
Physalis minima
Ground cherry plant (Chirpoti or Rasbhari)
- Ground cherries are bushy summer annual or perennial broadleaf weeds.
- Cotyledons are yellow-green to gray-green.
- First leaves are oval to triangular, have smooth or slightly wavy margins, and a strong odor when crushed.
- Mature plants have erect, hairy stems that form many branches.
- Leaves may be oval, triangular, or lance-shaped, and have toothed, smooth, or wavy margins depending on species and growing conditions.
- The narrow bell-shaped flowers have five lobes and are yellow or whitish with yellow, green, or purple centers.
Solanum nigrum
Black Night Shade (Makoi)
- Black nightshade plants vary greatly in form and color.
- Seed leaves of black nightshade are elongate-oval and pointed; the first true leaves are spade-shaped with smooth edges.
- Lower surfaces are often purple. Berries turn from green to black when mature and the calyx covers only a small part of the fruit surface. Petioles, stems, and leaves have some hairs but are not densely hairy or sticky.
Chenopodium album
Dogs Tooth Grass (Bathua)
- The most distinguishing feature is its white mealy coating on the seedlings.
- It is a rapidly growing summer annual weed.
- Stems are erect and sturdy with freely ascending branches.
- Stems are often tinged with red or striped with pinkish, purple or yellow.
- Leaves vary in shape from triangular to ovate to lancerolate.
- Mature plants are pyramidal, have many branches and are crowded with clustered spikes of dull green flowers.
Parthenium spp.
Wild Carrot Grass (Gajar Ghass)
- It is a annual plant with a profused branched root system.
- Stem is angular, profusely branched.
- Leaves are alternate, sessile, resembling that of carrot.
- The weed produces large number of white flowers through out the year.
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