Dear Nalini Ji, Its hard to tell whats is the difference between Durva (*Cynodon dactylon*) and other grasses,. Grass is really a vague term (we call all Poaceae & Cyperaceae members of the world as GRASS commonly) in a lawn or a meadow there may be several grass species, hence really tough to say how it will look in contrast with the other members (if we don't know other names of the grass present there). The links I am attaching may help you a bit http://www.missouriplants.com/Grasses/Cynodon_dactylon_page.html http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Cynodon_dactylon.htm
Regards Tanay On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, shubhada nikharge < shubhada_nikha...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > Nalini ji, > To my knowledge thin leaved grass with 3 or 5 blades is offered to Lord > gansha as Durva. > I remember having collected 21 durvas for my mom in the childhood. As per > her instructions the 1st preference was to collect with 3 blades. > Cheers, > Shubhada > > > "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can > do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> > *To:* nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> > *Cc:* indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Wed, 23 June, 2010 4:43:14 PM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:39253] Durva > > Dear Naliniji, Durva grass is thin leaved grass commonly grown in gardens > and roadside. We offer this grass to Lord Ganesha. It has cooling > property. Waiting for more answers. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 3:53 PM, nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de>wrote: > >> Hallo, >> can someone tell me, which grass is called Durva, any speciality and >> characteristics of this grass. In my childhood i used to go with my grandma >> to a nearby ground to collect Durva and my grandma knew, where it was found. >> >> I have a lawn, but I don't know if I can find durva here too. >> TIA and regards >> Nalini >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
