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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 9, 2010, 12:37:20 PM12/9/10
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Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Bambusa bambos
Synonyms: Arundo bambos, Bambos arundinacea, Bambusa arundinacea


bam-BOO-suh -- a name for bamboo; an erroneous pronunciation of the Indian word bambu        
BAM-boz -- perhaps, derived from the Indian name <i>bambu</i> for bamboo
a-run-din-uh-KEE-uh or a-run-din-uh-SEE-uh -- like a reed


commonly known as: giant thorny bamboo, Indian thorny bamboo, male bamboo, spiny bamboo, spring bamboo • Assamese: জাতি-বাঁহ jaati baansh, মোকাল-বাঁহ mokal baansh • Bengali: বাঁশ baansha • Gujarati: બામ્બુ baambu, વાંસ vaans • Hindi: बांस baans, बम्बू bambu, बंस buns • Kannada: ಬಿದಿರು bidiru, ವಂಶ vamsha • Kashmiri: बैँस् bains, बाँस् bons, वंशः vanshah • Konkani: वासो vaaso, वसो vaso, वेलु velu • Malayalam: മുള mula • Manipuri: saneibi • Marathi: बांबू baamboo, कळक kalaka, कळंक kalanka, माणगा maanga, वेळू velu • Nepalese: काँस् kauns • Oriya: bans • Punjabi: ਮਗਰ ਬਾਂਸ  magar baans • Sanskrit: आमुपः amupah, आर्द्रपत्रकः ardrapatrakah, कण्टकः kantakah, कण्टकिलः kantakilah, वम्भः vambhah,  वंशः vamsh • Tamil: குழாய்மூங்கில் kulay-munkil, பெருமூங்கில் peru-munkil • Telugu: బొంగువెదురు bongu-veduru, వంశము vamsamu, వెదురు veduru • Urdu: بانس baans, بمبو bambu, نبس buns


Native of: China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China; cultivated in tropical Asia


sightings are from between APR 07 and JUN 10
at various places in forests around Thane and Mumbai.
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tanay bose

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Dec 9, 2010, 1:09:05 PM12/9/10
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Nice article to read Dinesh j

Tanay
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Pankaj Kumar

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Dec 13, 2010, 3:29:29 PM12/13/10
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Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1189. 1895.

Basionym:
Arundo bambos L. Sp. Pl. 1: 81. 1753.

Type: Lectotype = "Ily" in Rheede, Hort. Malab., 1: 25, t. 16, 1678

Attachment: LINN 97.1 Arundo bambos (Herb Linn), not a type but
Linne's collection.
Regards
Pankaj

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