nice catch
tanay
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » *Dendrocalamus strictus*
> *Synonyms*: Bambos stricta, *Bambusa stricta*
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> *bam-BOO-suh* -- a name for bamboo; an erroneous pronunciation of the
> Indian word bambu
> *STRIK-tus* -- meaning, erect, upright
>
>
> *commonly known as*: Calcutta bamboo, hard bamboo, iron bamboo, male
> bamboo, solid bamboo, stone bamboo • Bengali: বাঁশ bamsa • Gujarati: બાંસ
> bans • Hindi: बांस bans • Kannada: ಬಿದಿರು bidiru • Konkani: वासो vaaso •
> Malayalam: കല്ലന്മുള kallanmula • Manipuri: khokwa • Marathi: बांस or बास
> bans, उढा udha, वेळू velu • Mizo: tur-sing • Nepalese: कबान बाँस kaban bans
> • Oriya: bans • Sanskrit: वंश vansha • Tamil: சிறுமூங்கில் ciru-munkil,
> கல்மூங்கில் kal-munkil, காட்டுமூங்கில் kattu-munkil • Telugu: పోతువెదురు
> potu veduru • Urdu: بانس bansa
>
>
> *Native to*: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand
>
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> sighted on 18 JAN 09 at Nagla forest block of Sanjay Gandhi National Park,
> Thane.
>
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