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Andropogon polyptychus
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Andropogon polyptychus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 380. 1854; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 198. 1896; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 30. 1991; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 40.1996.
Andropogon polyptychus Steud. var. deccanensis Bor ex W.D. Clatyon, Kew Bull. 27: 448. 1972; Shetty et al., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 15: 276. 1973.
Dichanthium polyptychum (Steud.) A.Camus, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris. 27: 549. 1921; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1741(1207). 1934.
Dichanthium polyptychum (Steud.) A.Camus var. deccanensis Bor, Grass. Bur. Cey. Ind. Pak. 135. 1960.
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Description:
Culms tufted, to 50 cm. Leaf-blades 15-25 x 0.1-0.7 cm, erect, pilose; ligule to 2 mm; auricles 0; basal sheaths flabellate. Racemes c. 3, terminal on the culm, to 6 cm; internodes filiform, rim 0. Sessile spikelets oblong, to 6 mm. Lower glume flat, keels lateral, acute, 5-nerved; wings 0; upper glumes wingless. Upper lemma 2-toothed; awns to 15. Pedicelled spikelets elliptic, to 6 mm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-February
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Swampy areas in grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Umayamala, Anamudi slopes
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