What to validate ??? Ha Ha Ha This is sugarcane I hope this is the only member of Poaceae which doesn't have a hollow inter node rest all members have hollow inter node which a diagnostic character of this family
Tanay 2010/12/18 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Dear friends, > > Would someone let us know if there are more than one species known as > sugarcane ? querying in context of getting to see many varieties of > sugarcanes at different vendors ... some are thick and dark coloured, while > some are slim and bright. > > Regards. > > > > > > 2010/12/19 Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > 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 >> > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) [email protected]
