Vijayasankar ji May be you are ultimately right. I will check the plant critically in next few days and report back
-- 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 Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:03 AM, R. Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks Gurcharan ji, for the clarification. > > Please have a look at these links. > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=95033&flora_id=2 ; > http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/06/11506-004-33C45BB1.jpg > In our place (TN), we have this plant plentily along watercourses. As > i mentioned the panicle is compact, not effuse as it is in your picture. I > may be wrong also. Grass experts may throw more light on this. > > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Vijayasankar ji >> I agree grasses are often difficult to differentiate. I had checked >> spikelets at the time of taking photograph, and opted for Arundo on the >> basis of hairs arising from the back of lemma and not callus. Also >> Phragmites is generally a plant of wet banks or shallow waters. This one >> grows in normal terrestrial habitat in garden. Also the leaves are much >> broader than Phragmites I know. Any how if you have doubt about its >> identity, I will recheck when it comes to flower.. >> >> -- >> >> 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 Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:35 AM, R. Vijayasankar < >> vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear Gurcharan ji, >>> >>> I used to always get confused with this and *Phragmites karka*. Pl tell >>> us how to distinguish them. In our place we have one with compact >>> inflorescence and we used to identify it as *Arundo donax*. >>> In that way it looks different to me. >>> >>> Thanx. >>> >>> With regards >>> >>> R. Vijayasankar >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:25 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Great sir i have seen this in wild many times mostly in Corbett >>>> ntional Park, >>>> Tanay >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Gurcharan Singh >>>> <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Arundo donax L. from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. >>>>> Photographed in January, 2010. Eng: Great reed, Spanish cane. Hindi: Bara >>>>> nal; Punjab: Bansi; Beng: Gaha nal >>>>> >>>>> Reed used for mats, baskets, trays, fishing rods and musical >>>>> instruments. Stalks and leaves used for pulp used for high grade paper. >>>>> Also >>>>> used for manufacture of rayon. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tanay Bose >>>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>>> 9674221362 (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<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. >>> >> >> >> >> >> > -- 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/ -- 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.
