dig some roots it has nice aroma regards
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 11:03 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Balkar Sir, i have more poaceae and cyperaceae, couldn't find > any clue! > > Regards, > > surajit > > > On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nice and Complete set Surajit Ji >> >> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 12:05 AM, surajit koley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sir / Madam, >>> >>> Found this grass today, beside railway track in Hooghly. This could be >>> BENA or KHAS-KHAS grass in Bengali. >>> >>> Species : Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty (syn. Vetiveria >>> zizanioides (L.) Nash.) ??? >>> more synonyms : http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-405169 >>> Bengali name : BENA, KHAS-KHAS (if the ID is correct) >>> Habit & Habitat : grass; culm = 90 cm X 5 mm, slightly compressed; leaf >>> = 75 cm X 0.9 cm, folded and covers culm; panicle = 39 cm; each raceme = 10 >>> cm to 13 cm; very deeply (?) rooted, could not uproot one >>> Date : 6/7/12, 8.25 a.m. >>> Place : Nalikul, Hooghly >>> >>> Information on the species is available at - >>> >>> - >>> >>> http://envis.frlht.org/trade_search.php?lst_part=ROOTS&lst_trade=KHUS,+USIRA >>> - image - http://www.oswaldasia.org/species/c/chrzi/chrzi_04_en.html >>> - flora of Pakistan - >>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200026459 >>> - flora of Taiwan - >>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1050&taxon_id=200026459 >>> - wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopogon_zizanioides >>> >>> Description differs to some degree in the above websites and to some >>> extent with this posted species, specially relating to panicle and raceme >>> length. >>> >>> Thank you & Regards, >>> >>> Surajit Koley >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > -- *Dr. Amit Chauhan CSIR-CIMAP [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]* *-------------------------------------* Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him? ~Pierre Troubetzkoy
