Grass Week : Oryza rufipogon

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Nayan Singh

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Dec 12, 2010, 5:55:33 AM12/12/10
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Oryza rufipogon is a wild Rice, found in ponds and ditches.
Nayan.
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mani nair

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Dec 12, 2010, 6:38:48 AM12/12/10
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nice photo and info
Regards,
Mani.

Pankaj Oudhia

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Dec 12, 2010, 7:39:14 AM12/12/10
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Thanks Nayan ji for sharing.

Grains of this wild rice are available for sell in Chhattisgarh. Please see

http://pankajoudhia.com/album/main.php?g2_itemId=18845

regards

Pankaj Oudhia

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tanay bose

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Dec 12, 2010, 10:03:31 AM12/12/10
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Nice I had no idea about this Oryza species
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Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 12, 2010, 10:47:05 AM12/12/10
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Really precious catch
Thanks Nayan ji



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Pankaj Kumar

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Dec 12, 2010, 12:05:21 PM12/12/10
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Oryza rufipogon Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 5, 1851; Icon. Pl. Asiat. t.
145, f. 2. 1851.

As the name suggests, rufi means reddish and pogon means beard, this
is also called red bearded rice.

Regards
Pankaj


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Wildlife Institute of India
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