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Arthraxon nitidulus
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Arthraxon nitidulus Stapf in Bor, Grass. Bur. Cey. Ind. Pak. 101, 688. 1960; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 450. 1995.
Arthraxon breviaristatus Hack. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 6: 350. 1889; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 144. 1896.
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Description:
Herbs; stems 60-120 cm, geniculately branched below. Leaves 2.5-6 cm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, finely acuminate and sheaths glabrous or hairy. Spikes many, 2.6-7 cm; rachis and pedicels nearly glabrous; spikelets ovate-lanceolate, purplish. Glumes 4; first glume oblong-lanceolate, subacute, convex, nerves 7 pairs tubercled nearly to the base; second glume acute, keel, ciliate, 3-nerved, margins with deflexed cilia, awn short; third glume small, hyaline; fourth glume not much shorter than second, lanceolate, keeled, hyaline, awn subbasal, shortly exserted. Peduncle long, usually naked, slender. Lodicules subquadrate. Stamens 2-3; anthers very large. Styles short or 0; stigmas long, laterally exserted.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Rockwood
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