Grass week: Saccharum bengalense from Delhi

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Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 10, 2010, 12:47:33 PM12/10/10
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Saccharum bengalense Retz., Obs. Bot. 5:16. 1789. 
Local name: Sarkanda, Kanna. Tall tufted grass with broader leaves found extensively along banks of river Yamuna, along borders of fields and wastelands. Photographed from Wazirabad in Delhi on October 29, 2010.

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Pankaj Kumar

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Dec 10, 2010, 12:59:51 PM12/10/10
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Saccharum bengalense Retz. Observ. Bot. (Retzius) 5: 16. 1789

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Pankaj

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tanay bose

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Dec 10, 2010, 4:03:07 PM12/10/10
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Yes a common grass in the wastelands of Bengal
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