Yes Anand ji Doob grass is Cynodon dactylon. The common carpet grass in lawns is usually Axonopus compressus.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > You are right about Doob, as far as my information goes: > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bermuda%20Grass.html > - Tabish > > On Jul 22, 12:09 pm, Anand Kumar Bhatt <anandkbh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sometime back there was a query about the botanical name of Doob grass. > Doob > > or doorva which is so popular with gardeners should be Bermuda grass or > > CYNODON DACTYLON. This shouldl not be mixed a finer variety of grass > > generally known as Kenya grass which is a recent introduction (about 70 > > years ago), I stand corrected if some expert finds me mistaken.. > > ak > > > > -- > > Anand Kumar Bhatt > > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road > > Gwalior. 474 005. > > Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. > > My blogsite is at:http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com > > (A new blog has been added on 20 July '10.) > > And the photo site:www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, > > Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! >
