Dear Gurcharan ji, I used to always get confused with this and *Phragmites karka*. Pl tell us how to distinguish them. In our place we have one with compact inflorescence and we used to identify it as *Arundo donax*. In that way it looks different to me.
Thanx. With regards R. Vijayasankar On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:25 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Great sir i have seen this in wild many times mostly in Corbett ntional > Park, > Tanay > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Arundo donax L. from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. Photographed >> in January, 2010. Eng: Great reed, Spanish cane. Hindi: Bara nal; Punjab: >> Bansi; Beng: Gaha nal >> >> Reed used for mats, baskets, trays, fishing rods and musical instruments. >> Stalks and leaves used for pulp used for high grade paper. Also used for >> manufacture of rayon. >> >> >> -- >> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > 9674221362 (Mobile) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.

