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Arundinella purpurea var. purpurea
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Arundinella purpurea Hochst. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 115. 1854, var. purpurea; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 460. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 349. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 527. 1988; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 343. 1991; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 437. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14,34,40. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 511. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 804. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 563. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 952. 2009.
Arundinella fuscata sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 74. 1896 non Nees ex Buese 1854; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1802(1247). 1934.
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Description:
Perennials, culms tufted, 30-60 cm high; nodes glabrous. Leaves 5-20 x 0.5-1 cm, linear, round or cordate at base, densely hairy; sheath rounded, hairy; ligule membranous. Panicle congested, 5-12 cm long, branches angled. Spikelets 3-4 mm long; lower glume 3 x 1 mm, elliptic, scabrid along the nerves, 3-nerved; upper glume 4 x 1.5 mm, acuminate, 5-nerved; first lemma 3 mm long, empty; second lemma ovate, 1.5 x 1 mm, tuberculate on the upper half; awn 3-3.5 mm long; anther 1 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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:
Ponnabalamedu, Chandanathode, Pulipara, Moozhiar, Chandanathode, on way to Periya, Anamudi slopes, Munnar, Uppupara, Petimudi, Anathode, Ariankavu, Karamanayar region, Pongalapara
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