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Arthraxon lanceolatus
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Arthraxon lanceolatus (Roxb.) Hochst., Flora 39: 188. 1856; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 143. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1728(1198). 1934; V.J. Nair et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 270. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 443. 1989; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 36. 1991; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 509. 1998.
Andropogon lanceolatus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 262. 1820.
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Description:
Culms to 60 cm high, nodes glabrous or hairy. Leaves 1.5-5 x 0.2-1.2 cm, ovate-lanceolate, amplexicaule at base, strongly ciliate along margins; sheath rounded, ciliate along one margin, ligule a fimbriate membrane. Racemes few together, 3-6 cm long. Sessile spikelets 5-6 mm long, callus hairy; lower glume 5-6 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, 5-7 nerved, 2-keeled, spinulose, margins infolded; upper glume to 5 x 1.5 mm, boat shaped; first lemma hyaline; upper lemma awned; awn geniculate; stigmas 2 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets developed with one barren and one male florets.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
India, Nepal, Arabia and China
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Anchurali, Munnar
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