Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week
grasses, sedges and rushes
 Poaceae
* Bambusa vulgaris * Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.
  *bam-BOO-suh* -- a name for bamboo; an erroneous pronunciation of the
Indian word *bambu* ... Dave's
Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DBambusa&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzexgaXtBvbRTTAucyXws2Jz8Yhy7w>
*vul-GAIR-iss* -- common ... Dave's
Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dvulgaris&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc8WzG0q94bYP7GT7hvh6jKm-d7JA>


*commonly known as*: common bamboo, dragon-head bamboo, feathery bamboo,
golden bamboo, green-culmed bamboo, surinam bamboo, surinam dwarf bamboo,
unarmed bamboo, yellow bamboo • *Assamese*: বংশ baansh • *Bengali*: বাঁশ
baansha • *Gujarati*: બામ્બુ baambu, વાંસ vaans • *Hindi*: बांस baans,
बम्बू bambu, बंस buns • *Kannada*: ಬಿದಿರು bidiru, ವಂಶ vamsha • *Kashmiri*:
बैँस् bains, बाँस् bons, वंशः vanshah • *Konkani*: वासो vaaso, वसो vaso • *
Lushai*: raw-thing • *Malayalam*: മഞ്ഞമുള manjamula • *Manipuri*: ৱা wa • *
Marathi*: बांबू baamboo, कळक kalaka, कळंक kalanka, वेळू velu • *Nepalese*:
बाँस् baans • *Pali*: वंश vansa • *Punjabi*: ਬੰਝ banjh, ਬਾਂਸ baans • *
Sanskrit*: वम्भः vambhah, वंशः vamsh • *Tamil*: நாமதாரி nama-tari,
வெள்ளைமூங்கில் vellai-munkil • *Telugu*: కర్మారము karmaramu, వెదురు veduru
• *Urdu*: بانس baans, بمبو bambu, نبس buns


*Native of*: probable origin s-e Asia; widely cultivated in tropics

*References*: Flowers of
India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FBamboo.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzchwborKj8jFm9LyrtXY-Q15hjpvg>•
NPGS
/ 
GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F6438&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzch59FzkRlgZE_LybCD1zlXYsxrHw>•
TopTropicals<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoptropicals.com%2Fcatalog%2Fuid%2Fbambusa_sp.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze_TX06_aoWU2UNBx8tNImzWsd49w>•
Dave's
Garden<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fpf%2Fgo%2F91958%2Findex.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdh7CYZkG4XTCp3Eli4s6s5dQnhKw>•
M.M.P.N.D.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au%2FSorting%2FBambusa.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc948P_H8v556_9v8I7YM61zq8IMw>•
DDSA<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdsal.uchicago.edu%2Fdictionaries%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6uenyoQ09XSR__kqQB9oTVQ4dNQ>
  in
a garden of Mumbai on 20 APR 07
this is a cultivar

[image: Vanshah (Sanskrit:
वंशः)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F533070351%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdPNXNf9YcIBPTlZQdpTLmzu5SBFQ>

[image: Bambusa
vulgaris]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F533070367%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeYE-7_Pyr_RAASNWIBm3i1Q47s5Q>
 Regards.
Dinesh

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