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Bothriochloa bladhii
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) T.S. Blake, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queens. 80: 62. 1969; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 461. 1984; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 49. 1991.
Andropogon bladhii Retz., Obs. Bot. 2: 27. 1781.
Bothriochloa glabra (Roxb.) A. Camus, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 76: 164. 1931.
Andropogon glaber Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 271. 1820.
Bothriochloa intermedia (R.Br.) A. Camus, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 76: 164. 1931.
Andropogon intermedius R.Br., Prodr. 202. 1810; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 175. 1896.
Amphilophis glabra (Roxb.) Stapf in Prain, Fl. Trop. Africa 9:172. 1917; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1732(1200). 1934.
Dichanthium bladhii (Retz.) Clayton, Kew Bull. 32: 3. 1977.
Dichanthium glabrum (Roxb.) Jain & Deshpande, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 20: 134. 1978 (1979).
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Description:
Tufted perennial; culms 50-150 cm high, erect from a shortly rhizomatous base, often robust. Leaf-blades 10-55 cm long, 2-12 mm wide. Inflorescence with a central axis 4-20 cm long, the racemes numerous and borne loosely or densely in irregular whorls upon simple or branched peduncles; racemes 2-5 cm long (the lowest shorter than the central axis), pubescent. Sessile spikelet narrowly elliptic, 3-4 mm long; lower glume chartaceous, ± hairy below the middle, usually not glossy, with or without a pit; awn 10-25 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet glabrous, with 0-3 pits.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Banks of rivers and streams
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia, China and Tropical Africa
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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:
Pavagada, Mammood
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