Thanks a lot Manoj ji for this important correction.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 6:04 PM, manoj chandran <[email protected]> wrote: > This is Thysanolaena maxima. Found from sea level in Andamans to above > 2000m in the Himalayas. Used for making brooms (phool jhadu) and hence also > called Broom grass or broom stick grass. It is a good fodder remaining > green throughout the year. Since it is heavily browsed, it is naturally > found on rocky slopes where herbivores cannot reach. In protected > agriculture fields, it can grow on flat land and can form thick clumps. > Maximum production of this grass and its trade is in North East India where > truck loads of these inflorescences are transported for making brooms. > > > On Sunday, March 31, 2013 10:45:43 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> *Arundo donax* L., Sp. pl. 1:81. 1753 >> syn: Arundo* bengalensis* Retz.;** *Arundo** bifaria* Retz.; *Arundo** >> longifolia* Salisb. ex Hook. f.; *Arundo** triflora* Roxb. ex Hook. f. >> >> Common names: Giant-reed, Spanish-reed >> >> >> >> Perennial, with creeping woody rhizomes. Culms erect, up to 5 m high. >> Leaf-blades conspicuously distichous, linear-lanceolate, rounded or cordate >> at the base, 30-60 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, glabrous, smooth, long-attenuate >> at the tip. Panicle 30.60 cm long and 5.8(10) cm wide. Spikelets 10-15 mm >> long; glumes subequal, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, (8-)10-13 mm >> long, the lower a little shorter than the upper; lemmas lanceolate, >> (6)8.5-13 mm long, 3-5-nerved, 3 of the nerves produced as short aristae, >> hairy all over the back below the middle with hairs up to 7 mm long. >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.**com/ <http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> >> > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
