Sir, Will check the leaves, stem and roots on coming Sunday and report the same by evening.
Thank you, Regards, surajit On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:58 PM, manoj chandran <[email protected]> wrote: > Good work. Only two possibilities are Coix gigantea and Coix aquatica. > See whether the leaves are clothed with very dense glandular bristle like > hairs on the upper surface and also see if the stems are succulent and have > floating roots at the nodes. > > On Friday, October 26, 2012 10:39:23 PM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: >> >> Sir, >> >> Please do not laugh at me if i did make some silly mistake. I am not used >> to it. I found a *Coix* very near my home, yesterday, and tried to >> dissect it! >> >> Let me try to ID this species based on its spikelet only! >> >> Well, large wings on glumes of male spikelet = *C. gigantea*, but are >> those wings large enough? I am not sure because i haven't seen *Coix >> lacryma-jobi* yet! >> >> Species : *Coix gigantea*? >> H & H : grass in roadside water logged ditch, about 6 feet high above the >> water surface >> Date : 25/10/12 >> Place : Hooghly >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> surajit >> > -- > > > > --
