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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 9, 2010, 12:50:09 PM12/9/10
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Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Dendrocalamus strictus
Synonyms: Bambos stricta, Bambusa stricta


bam-BOO-suh -- a name for bamboo; an erroneous pronunciation of the Indian word bambu
STRIK-tus -- meaning, erect, upright

        
commonly known as: Calcutta bamboo, hard bamboo, iron bamboo, male bamboo, solid bamboo, stone bamboo • Bengali: বাঁশ bamsa • Gujarati: બાંસ bans • Hindi: बांस bans • Kannada: ಬಿದಿರು bidiru • Konkani: वासो vaaso • Malayalam: കല്ലന്‍മുള kallanmula • Manipuri: khokwa • Marathi: बांस or बास bans, उढा udha, वेळू velu • Mizo: tur-sing • Nepalese: कबान बाँस kaban bans • Oriya: bans • Sanskrit: वंश vansha • Tamil: சிறுமூங்கில் ciru-munkil, கல்மூங்கில் kal-munkil, காட்டுமூங்கில் kattu-munkil • Telugu: పోతువెదురు potu veduru • Urdu: بانس bansa


Native to: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand


sighted on 18 JAN 09 at Nagla forest block of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Thane.
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tanay bose

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Dec 9, 2010, 1:10:42 PM12/9/10
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nice catch
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Pankaj Kumar

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Dec 11, 2010, 1:26:34 PM12/11/10
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Dendrocalamus strictus Nees Linnaea 9: 476. 1835.
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Pankaj Kumar

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Dec 11, 2010, 1:27:42 PM12/11/10
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Illustration of the same from Roxburgh's Plants of Coromandel.
Pankaj
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