dhanya :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Oryza
Species: Oryza sativa

Allied species:

Wild rice is produced from an entirely different species of grass,Zizania palustris , and is harvested from wild plants in North America.

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: dhanya, vrihi, shali, shalibheda, dirghashuka, vrihibheda, cina, dardura, dusaka, hayanaka, jatumukha, kalama, kardama shali, kuruvinda
English: rice (husked), paddy (unhusked)
Hindi: चावल Chaval
Urdu: chawal
Telugu: biyam, biyyam, dhanyamu
Bengali: ধান Dhan
Marathi: tandul, bhat, pendha
Konkani: -
Oriya: dhano
Gujarathi: Shalichokha, Bhata, Corava, Damgara, Coke
Tamil: arishi, arisi, nellu
Malayalam: ari, navaranellu, nellu
Kannada: akki, bhatta
Punjabi: Dhan, Jhona
Marwadi: -
Sindhi: -
Kandha: -
Munda: -
Santal: -
Arabic: -أُرْز
Spanish: -: arroz
Mexican: -
Assamese: ধান Dhan
Japanese: -米
Chinese: - 大米 (dàmǐ) (粒, lì)
Deccan: -
Ceylon: -
French: -riz
German: -Reis
Burma: -
Nepal: -चामल
Persian: --برنج
Sinhalese: -සහල්
Tulu: -
Greek: ρύζι

Varities:

Navara has 2 varieties -

1. Black Glumed Navara

2. Golden Yellow Glumed navara

1. Black Glumed Navara - it matures in 60 -90 days. the seeds are red in colour. it grows upto 1m. it cultivated in Northern Kerala.

2. Golden Yellow Glumed navara - it is grown in the second cropping season. it is also known as WhiteGlumed Navara. the seeds are red in colour, but the grains are golden yellow. it grows in south Kerala. it grows upto 1m