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Thatch grass details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names Back to the list of plant names

Plant name Thatch grass  Language English  Latin name Saccharum spontaneum L. - please click to view full record  Latin name (synonyms) Saccharum chinense Nees  Sanskrit name kāśa  Hindi name kās, kuś  Bengali name kāś  Tamil name pēkkarimpu  Malayalam name kuśa, ñāṅṅaṇa  English name Wild sugarcane, Thatch grass

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