Annex A(Foreword)

Source and Local Names of Some of the Species of Bamboo

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viii) B. polymorpha

ix) B.tulda

Asm — Jama betwa, betwa;

Ben — Batua, jaibarouwa, jama;

Burma — Kyathaung-wa;

MP-Korku — Narangi bhas;

x) B. vulgaris

Asm — Wamunna, wagi, nal-bans;

xv) D. longispathus

xvii) D. strictus

xiv) D.hamiltonii

xvi) D. membranaceus

Ben — Tulda, jowa;

Tripura — Basi.

Duars — Karanti, matela;

xiii) Dendrocalamus giganteous

Garo — Watti;

Hin — Peka;

Kamrup — Bijuli, jati, joo, ghora;

xi) B. Wamin Syn. B. ventricosa

(Syn. B. Vulgaris var. Wamin)

Tripura — Mirtinga.

Ben and Manip — Bakal;

xii) Cephalostachyum pergracile

Oriya — Sunarkania bans.

Common name — Pitcher bamboo.

MP — Bhalan bans;

Manip — Wootang;

Naga — Latang;

Oriya — Darrgi.

English — Giant Bamboo;

Asm — Worra;

Manip — Maroobeb.

Nep — Tamo;

Asm — Kokwa;

Tripura — Pecha.

Tripura — Rupai.

Native of Myanmar; introduced in Kerala.

English — Male bamboo;

Ben — Karail;

Guj — Nakur bans;

Kan — Kiri bidiru;

Mah — Male bamboo, nanvel;

Oriya — Salia;

Tam — Kalmungil;

Tel — Sadanapa vedur;

Tripura — Lathi bans;

Hin — Bans kaban, Nav bans;

xviii) Melocanna baccifera

Asm — Tarai;

Ben — Muli;

Cachar — Wati;

Garo — Watrai;

Manip — Moubi;

Mikir — Artem;

Naga — Turiah.

xix) Oxytenanthera abyssinicia

Native of tropical Africa; cultivated at FRI, Dehradun.

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