Here a reply from Nayan ji: "Dear Kiran Your tall grass is Coix lacryma-jobi Cheers
N.S.Dungriyal IFS Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad M.P. 09424792100 " On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it a Coix sp.? > > On Oct 5, 9:14 pm, Kiran Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This tall grass growing on either side of Silonda Train in Sanjay Gandhi > > National Park, Mumbai is in flower. Note the seeds are similar to bamboo > > seeds, which is itself the tallest grass in the world! > > > > On one stalk I found two silvery long filaments below the base of an > > unopened flower bud. Curiously, I scanned other stalks but didn't find > > another anything like this! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Kiran Srivastava > > > > Mumbai > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > P1050565.JPG > > 113KViewDownload > > > > P1050560.JPG > > 355KViewDownload > > > > P1050566-grass filament.jpg > > 97KViewDownload > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
