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Anthoxanthum borii
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Anthoxanthum borii Jain & Pal, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 72: 92. 1975; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 349. 1991.
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Description:
Herbs, culms tufted, branched, erect, to 1 m; nodes glabrous. Leaves 10-30 x 0.4-0.8 cm, glabrous or sparsely hairy; ligule to 0.3 cm. Panicles to 15 cm, contracted. Spikelets oblong-lanceolate, to 0.7 cm; pedicels to 0.2 cm, ciliolate. Lower glume ovate-lanceolate, to 0.7 cm; pedicels to 0.2 cm, ciliolate. Lower glume ovate-lanceolate, to 0.5 cm, 1-veined, upper glume ovate-acuminate, to 0.7 cm, 3-veined, keeled; keel scabrid; sterile lemmas to 0.6 cm, membranous, brown-ciliate, 5-veined, awned; awn to 0.6 cm, fertile lemma to 0.3 cm, 5-7- veined, shortly aristate; palea to 0.2 cm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wet areas in grasslands
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Distribution:
South India
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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:
South India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Anamudi, Umayamala
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