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
