Subject: Re: Avena sativa & sexual drive

From: [email-masked] (Timothy J Keenan)
Date: 29 Aug 1995 17:15:53 GMT

John Egan ([email-masked]) wrote:

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: avena sativa, wild oats. nutritious plus, vital to healthy nervous system, used as a 
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Er, no... _Avena_ _sativa_ L. is common oats, the northern Eurasian 
cereal grain.  It is the name of the cultigen, and does not grow wild 
even in Europe.

_Avena_ _fatua_ is wild oats.

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Tim Keenan

Cliff Ecology Research Group
Botany Department
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario