Very Very nice collection
Tanay
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » *Coix lacryma-jobi*
> *Synonyms*: *Coix arundinacea, Coix lachryma*
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> *KOH-iks *-- from a Greek name used by Theophrastus for a palm plant*
> LAK-ry-muh JOB-ee *-- Job's tears
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> *commonly known as: *Job's tears • Assamese: কোবামণি kauramani • Bengali:
> গুৰগুৰ gurgur • Gujarati: ગરોલુ garolu, કહુદો kahudo, કસઇ kasai • Hindi:
> गुर्लू gurlu, संक्रू samkru • Kannada: ಅಶ್ರು ಬೀಜ ashru bija • Khasi: sohriu
> • Konkani: रान झांधळो ran jamdhlo • Lushai: mîm • Malayalam: kattugotampu •
> Manipuri: চনিঙ chaning • Marathi: रान जोंधळा ran jondhala, रान मका ran maka
> • Mizo: pingpih • Nepalese: तुलिगाँड़ो tuligaro • Sanskrit: गवेधुका
> gavedhuka • Tamil: குறத்திப்பாசி kuratti-p-paci • Telugu: అడవి గురిగింజ
> adavi guriginja*
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> Native of: *China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; widely
> naturalized in tropics
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> sightings are from between NOV 07 and SEP 09
> at Kharghar Hills, Navi Mumbai and Vaghbil, Thane.
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*Tanay Bose*
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