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Bothriochloa pseudoischaemum
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Bothriochloa pseudoischaemum (Nees ex Steud.) Henrard, Blumea 3:457.1940; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 917. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 804. 1997.
Andropogon pseudoischaemum Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 380. 1854; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 172. 1896.
Amphilophis pseudoischaemum (Nees ex Steud.) C.E.C. Fisch. in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1731(1200). 1934.
Dichanthium pseudoischaemum (Nees ex Steud.) Jain & Deshpande, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 20: 134. 1978 (1979).
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Description:
Herbs, culms to 2 m, erect, 3-6 mm wide, hollow, glabrous; internodes 10-18 cm. Leaf-sheaths to 13 cm, glabrous; ligule membranous, to 4 mm, shortly fimbriate; blades oblong, to 25 cm, scaberulous, rounded at base, apex setaceous. Racemes to 10 cm long; rachis straight, 2.5 mm, pilose along margins. Sessile spikelet: to 5 mm. Lower glumes to 4.5 mm, flat at the back, 5-7-nerved, not pitted, 2-keeled, ciliate, apex 2-denate; upper glumes 5 mm, rigid, 3-nerved, ciliate, apex aristate, to 0.5 mm; lower lemma to 4 mm, hyaline, palea 0; upper lemma to 1.5 mm; awn to 2 cm. Caryopsis ellipsoid, 1.5 mm. Pedicelled spikelet to 5 mm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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:
Machiri, Karimpuzha
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