I02 Food-Grains of India. 



In point of fact the albuminoids in all three analyses are 

 much exaggerated, because the nitrogen from which they are 

 calculated does not all exist in the albuminoid form. As an 

 example of this correction, 6 parts must be deducted from the 

 1 7 "6 per cent, of analysis 2 — even then the ii.6 left is a high 

 amount. 



Bamboo Rice. 

 Bambusa arundinacea, Willd. 



Beng. — Bansh, Bans. Punjab — Magar bans, Nal bans. North-West India — 



Kattung. Bomb. — Mandgay. Telugu — Vedurii. Burma — Ki-a-kap-wa. 

 Sinhalese — Kattu-una-gass . Tamil — Mungil. 

 Sanskrit — Vausa. 



This species of bamboo grows in large compact clumps of 30 to 

 100 stems, and generally attains a height of 30 to 50 feet, but is 

 much taller on the west coast. The leaves are narrow, lanceolate, 

 and from 4 to 8 inches long. The flowers appear at long intervals, 

 all the stems of one clump being covered with flowers in the same 

 season. The fruit (a caryopsis) much resembles in form and size 

 the common oat, and is enclosed in a glume and palea. 



This plant is a native of Southern India, Belgaun, Jubbulpur ; 

 it is cultivated in the sub-Himalayan tract of the Punjab. It 

 occurs commonly on the margin of rivers in the warmer parts of 

 Ceylon. 



Composition of Bamboo Grain (Husked). 



The nutrient-ratio is here i : 6-4, and the nutrient- value 87. 

 The food value of bamboo grain, after the removal of the husk, 

 is high ; its defects are due to the low proportion of oil and of 

 mineral matter. Of course it cannot be looked upon as a staple 

 cereal, but, as an occasional substitute for a deficient rice or millet 



