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Brachiaria semiverticillata
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Brachiaria semiverticillata (Rottl.) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Pl. Ceyl. 6. Suppl. 318.1931; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1770(1226). 1934; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 529. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 341. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 956. 2009.
Panicum semiverticillatum Rottl. in Ainslie Mat. Med. Hindost. 1: 219. 1813; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 38. 1896.
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Description:
Small annual herbs. Leaves to 3 x 0.7 cm, ovate, pubescent, one margin undulate; ligule with a row of hairs; sheath 3.5 cm, ciliate at the margins. Racemes alternately arranged on a central axis, to 10 cm; spikelets solitary, obovoid, 1.5 mm; lower glume 05. mm, ovate, bristles few at the base of the spikelets; upper glume ovate, 1.5 mm, mucronate, 3-5 nerved, puberulus; lowers floret empty; upper bisexual; lowers lemma 1.5 mm, ovate, 5-nerved; second lemma 1.5 mm, ovate, rugulose, coriaceous; palea 1.5 mm, 2 keeled, rugulose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-August
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District(s):
Idukki, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry and moist deciduous forests
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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:
Kathitheetimala, Tolpetty
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