Well, the story I have always heard in Maharashtra was that Parthenium
was introduced into India as part of a PL480 shipment of wheat from the
US sometime in the 1950's and that this foreign aid was arranged by the
Congress government in power at the time, hence the name, "Congress
Grass."

James Cox


On Jul 1, 2005, at 2:35 AM, Pankaj Oudhia wrote:

> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Basically Congress means 'The act of coming together or meeting. Or
> group,cluster." As Parthenium commonly grows in group or cluster
> possibly due to this reason it is named as Congress weed. I am still
> not sure.
>
> regards
> Pankaj Oudhia
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> --- In IPRNG@..., "Dr. M. Mahadevappa"
> <mahadevrice@y...> wrote:
>> Dear Pankaj,
>>
>> No where a reason is given. Whte flowers look lite cap.2, Its
> spread was as rampant as ones congress party was in India. Theses are
> possibl reasons.
>> Mahadevappa
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>> Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoudhia@i...> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I received query from Prof.Zimdahl (Original message is given
> below)
>> on this aspect. Please share your views regarding name of
> Parthenium
>> as Congress weed.
>>
>> regards
>> Pankaj Oudhia
>>
>>
>> Received: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:25:07 AM MDT
>> From: "Dr. Zimdahl" <RZimdahl@a...>
>> To: pankaj.oudhia@u...
>> Subject: question
>>
>> Mr. Oudhia,
>> I am the author of Fundamentals of Weed Science (a weed science
>> textbook) and am now preparing the third edition. I met an Indian
>> student who attends Colorado State University a short time ago and
> he
>> located the IPRHG website for me. My question is why is Parthenium
>> hysterophorus called Congress weed in India? I am insterested in
> the
>> origin of the common name.
>> Thank you for your assistance.
>> R. L. Zimdahl, Professor
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