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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 15, 2010, 1:14:17 PM12/15/10
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Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Zea mays
Synonyms: Euchlaena mexicana and many others


ZEE-uh -- cause of life        
maze -- our mother


commonly known as: Indian corn, maize • Assamese: গোম-ধান gom-dhan • Bengali: ভুট্টা bhutta, মকাই makai, মক্কা makka • Gujarati: મકાઈ makai • Hindi: भुट्टा bhutta, मकाई makai, मक्का makka • Kannada: ಮೆಕ್ಕೆ ಜೋಳ mekke jola, ಮುಸುಕಿನ ಜೋಳ musukina jola • Kashmiri: गवेधुका gavedhuka, मकोयू makoyu • Konkani: जोळु jolu • Lushai: vaimîm • Malayalam: ചോളം cholam • Manipuri: চুজাক chujak • Marathi: मका maka, भुटा bhuta, भुट्टा bhutta • Mizo: vaimim • Nepalese: भुट्टा bhutta, मकाइ makai • Punjabi: ਚੁਲੀ ਕੋਕਰੀ chuli kokri, ਮਕ mak, ਮਕੈਈ makai • Tamil: மக்காச்சோளம் makka-c-colam, முத்துச்சோளம் muttu-c-colam • Telugu: మొక్క జొన్న mokka jonna • Urdu: بهٿا bhutta, مکا makka, مکائي makai


Native of: Mexico, Guatemala; cultivated elsewhere


sightings are from between DEC 09 and MAY 10
at Rajguru Nagar, Pune.
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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 15, 2010, 1:16:02 PM12/15/10
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Dear friends ... apologies ... in the subject line "NATIVE" to be ignored ... please read it as "CULTIVATED"

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Pankaj Kumar

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Dec 15, 2010, 1:20:10 PM12/15/10
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Nice pics sir.
Pankaj

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tanay bose

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Dec 15, 2010, 2:08:09 PM12/15/10
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Very nice collection Dinesh ji
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Muthu Karthick

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Dec 21, 2010, 6:02:30 AM12/21/10
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Is the last pic represent Male inflorescence?
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Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 21, 2010, 2:19:16 PM12/21/10
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Yes Tanay

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