MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Bamboo Names - NEPALESE INDEX - Romanisation order

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Notes

 

 

A

no reliable name recorded so far.

 

B

Bansi bans -> Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.

Bhalu bans -> Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.

Bhalu bans -> Dendrocalamus hookeri Munro

Bhalu bans -> Dendrocalamus pendulus Ridley

Bhalu bans -> Dendrocalamus sikkimensis Gamble ex Oliv.

 

C

Coya bans -> Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees et Arn. ex Munro var. hamiltonii

Coya bans -> Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees et Arn. ex Munro

 

D

Dhanu bans -> Bambusa balcooa Roxb.

Dhunge bans -> Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees et Arn. ex Munro var. undulatus Stapleton

 

E

no reliable name recorded so far.

F

no reliable name recorded so far.

G

Gobiya -> Cephalostachyum capitatum Munro

Gohiya bans -> Cephalostachyum capitatum Munro

Go nigalo -> Drepanostachyum falcatum (Nees) Keng f.

Gopibas -> Cephalostachyum latifolium Munro

Guliyo tama bans -> Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees et Arn. ex Munro var. edulis Munro

 

 

H

no reliable name recorded so far.

 

J

See notes on Nepalese names of bamboos.

 

K

Kaban bans -> Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees

Kalo bans -> Dendrocalamus hookeri Munro

Kanta bans -> Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.

Khosre malingo -> Yushania maling (Gamble) R. B. Majumdar

 

L

no reliable name recorded so far.

M

Malbans -> Bambusa nutans G. C. Wall. ex Munro subsp. cupulata Stapleton

Malbans -> Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees

Malinge nigalo -> Himalayacalamus asper Stapleton

Malinge nigalo -> Himalayacalamus brevinodus Stapleton

Malinge nigalo -> Himalayacalamus cupreus Stapleton

Malinge nigalo -> Himalayacalamus falconeri (J. D. Hooker ex Munro) P. C. Keng

Malingo -> Thamnocalamus spathiflorus (Trin.) Munro

Malingo -> Yushania maling (Gamble) R. B. Majumdar

Malingo nigalo -> Himalayacalamus asper Stapleton

 

N

 

Nigalo -> Drepanostachyum intermedium (Munro) Keng f.

Nigalo kurke ghans -> Thamnocalamus spathiflorus (Trin.) Munro

Nigalo tusa -> Drepanostachyum falcatum (Nees) Keng f.

Nigalo tusa -> Thamnocalamus spathiflorus (Trin.) Munro

 

P

Pan -> Bambusa balcooa Roxb.

Pan -> Bambusa nutans Wall. ex Munro

Purke ghans -> Drepanostachyum falcatum (Nees) Keng f.

 

Q

no reliable name recorded so far.

R

Rato nigalo -> Thamnocalamus spathiflorus (Trin.) Munro

Rato nigalo -> Thamnocalamus spathiflorus (Trin.) Munro subsp. spathiflorus

Rato nigalo -> Thamnocalamus aristatus (Gamble) Camus

 

S

Sano nigalo -> Drepanostachyum falcatum (Nees) Keng f.

Seto bans -> Bambusa nutans G. C. Wall. ex Munro subsp. nutans

Seto nigalo -> Himalayacalamus porcatus Stapleton

 

T

Tanu bans -> Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.

Tama bans -> Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.

Tama bans -> Bambusa nepalensis Stapleton

Tama bans -> Bambusa tulda Roxb.

Tama bans -> Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.

Tama bans -> Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees et Arn. ex Munro

Tama bans -> Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees et Arn. ex Munro var. edulis Munro

Taamaa kaalo -> Any species with edible black shoots.

Taamaa seto -> Any species with edible white shoots.

Taru bans -> Bambusa nutans G. C. Wall. ex Munro subsp. nutans

Tharu bans -> Bambusa nutans G. C. Wall. ex Munro subsp. nutans

Thulo narkat -> Arundo donax L.

Tite nigalo -> Drepanostachyum intermedium (Munro) Keng f.

Tite nigalo -> Himalayacalamus fimbriatus Stapleton

Tito nigalo -> Himalayacalamus fimbriatus Stapleton

 

W

no reliable name recorded so far.

X

no reliable name recorded so far.

Y

no reliable name recorded so far.

Z

no reliable name recorded so far.

 

 

Main reference(s) used in the compilation of this index :

Bradshaw Robert I. 1997, Appendix I, Nepali Bamboo Species and their Uses - Bamboo in Nepal : A management Guide. < http://www.robibrad.demon.co.uk/Appendix.htm >

Ohrnberger D. (Dieter), 1999, The Bamboos of the World, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Keshab Shrestha 1998, Dictionary of Nepalese Plant Names, Mandala Book point, Kathmandu, Nepal.

 

 

Main contributor(s) to this index (Personal communication) :

Jagadish Timsina, Chris Stapleton

 

 

 

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