Dear friends, Would someone let us know if there are more than one species known as sugarcane ? querying in context of getting to see many varieties of sugarcanes at different vendors ... some are thick and dark coloured, while some are slim and bright.
Regards. 2010/12/19 Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > Yes, Sugarcane.... > Pankaj > > 2010/12/19 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > >> Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » *Saccharum officinarum* ... *dear >> friends, please validate this ID.* >> >> *** >> >> SAK-er-um -- *referring to sugar* >> off-ik-IN-ar-um or off-ih-SIN-ar-um -- *used or sold as herb >> >> >> *commonly known as*: noble cane, sugarcane • Assamese: কুঁহিয়াৰ kuhiar • >> Bengali: আখ akha • Gujarati: શેરડી sheradi • Hindi: असि asi, गन्ना ganna, >> इछु ichu, ईख ikh, इक्षु ikshu, ऊख ukh • Kannada: ಌಕ್ಷು ikshu, ಕಬ್ಬು kabbu • >> Konkani: कोब्बु kobbu • Lushai: fu • Malayalam: കരിമ്പ് karimp, മധുതൃണം >> madhuthrinam • Manipuri: চূ chu • Marathi: इक्षु ikshu, मधुयष्टि >> madhuyashti, तांबडा ऊस tambada us, ऊंस OR ऊस us • Mizo: fu • Nepalese: >> गँड़ासो garaso • Oriya: danda, fu • Pali: उच्चु ucchu • Prakrit: गंडओ gandao >> • Punjabi: ਕੁਮਾਦ kumad, ਕੁਮਾਦੀ kumadi, ਪੋਨਾ pona, ਪੋਡਾ ponda, ਪੋੱਨਾ ponna • >> Sanskrit: गण्डकः gandakah, इक्षु ikshu, इक्षुण्डम् ikshundam, मधुसः >> madhusah, मधुयष्टिका madhuyashtika • Tamil: கரும்பு karumpu, பழனவெதிர் >> palana-vetir, தும்பி tumpi, தும்பு tumpu, உக்கிரகந்தம் ukkira-kantam • >> Telugu: చెరుకుగడ cheruku gada, ఇక్షువు iksuvu, తియ్యమ్రాను thiyyamranu, తుంట >> tunta • Tibetan: bu ram sin • Urdu: گنا ganna, اچهہ ichu, ايکهہ ikh, اوکهہ >> ukh >> >> >> * >> Distribution*: widely cultivated >> >> >> ... along Malshej - Junnar road 28 FEB 10 >> > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
