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Dendrocalamus strictus den-droh-KAL-uh-mus -- from the Greek dendron (tree) and calamus (reed) STRIK-tus -- meaning, erect, upright commonly known as: Calcutta bamboo, hard bamboo, iron bamboo, male bamboo, solid bamboo, stone bamboo • Bengali: বাঁশ bamsa • Gujarati: બાંસ bans • Hindi: बांस bans • Kannada: ಬಿದಿರು bidiru • Konkani: वासो vaaso • Malayalam: കല്ലന്മുള kallanmula • Manipuri: khokwa • Marathi: बांस or बास bans, उढा udha, वेळू velu • Mizo: tur-sing • Nepalese: कबान बाँस kaban bans • Oriya: bans • Sanskrit: वंश vansha • Tamil: சிறுமூங்கில் ciru-munkil, கல்மூங்கில் kal-munkil, காட்டுமூங்கில் kattu-munkil • Telugu: పోతువెదురు potu veduru • Urdu: بانس bansa Native to: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand References:
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Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. Date: 18 January 2009, 08:53. Source:
Dendrocalamus strictus. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.