Nice article to read Dinesh j Tanay
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » *Bambusa bambos* > *Synonyms*: *Arundo bambos, Bambos arundinacea, Bambusa arundinacea* > > > *bam-BOO-suh* -- a name for bamboo; an erroneous pronunciation of the > Indian word bambu > *BAM-boz* -- perhaps, derived from the Indian name <i>bambu</i> for bamboo > *a-run-din-uh-KEE-uh* or *a-run-din-uh-SEE-uh* -- like a reed > > > *commonly known as*: giant thorny bamboo, Indian thorny bamboo, male > bamboo, spiny bamboo, spring bamboo • Assamese: জাতি-বাঁহ jaati baansh, > মোকাল-বাঁহ mokal 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, वेलु velu • Malayalam: മുള mula • Manipuri: > saneibi • Marathi: बांबू baamboo, कळक kalaka, कळंक kalanka, माणगा maanga, > वेळू velu • Nepalese: काँस् kauns • Oriya: bans • Punjabi: ਮਗਰ ਬਾਂਸ magar > baans • Sanskrit: आमुपः amupah, आर्द्रपत्रकः ardrapatrakah, कण्टकः kantakah, > कण्टकिलः kantakilah, वम्भः vambhah, वंशः vamsh • Tamil: குழாய்மூங்கில் > kulay-munkil, பெருமூங்கில் peru-munkil • Telugu: బొంగువెదురు bongu-veduru, > వంశము vamsamu, వెదురు veduru • Urdu: بانس baans, بمبو bambu, نبس buns > > > *Native of*: China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China; cultivated in > tropical Asia > > > sightings are from between APR 07 and JUN 10 > at various places in forests around Thane and Mumbai. > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) [email protected]
