Nice catch dinesh ji
golden bamboo is used for decotative works too
tanay
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » *Bambusa vulgaris* (a cultivar
> in this post)
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> *bam-BOO-suh* -- a name for bamboo; an erroneous pronunciation of the
> Indian word bambu
> *vul-GAIR-iss* -- common
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> *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 • 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
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> The common names for any stout bamboo in all the languages of India are
> generic by nature.
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> *Native of*: probable origin s-e Asia; widely cultivated in tropics
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> sighted are from between FEB 07 and APR 07
> at Nirvana Park, Hiranandani Gardens in Powai, Mumbai.
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