| |
Isachne kunthiana
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
|
| |
Citation: Isachne kunthiana (Wight & Arn. ex Steud.) Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 460. 1857; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 21. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1796(1244). 1934; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 422. 1991; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 532. 1998.
Panicum kunthianum Wight & Arn. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 96. 1854.
Isachne kunthiana (Wight & Arn. ex Steud.) Miq. var. latifolia Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 22. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1796(1244). 1934.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
|
| |
Description:
Geniculate perennials; culms 20-40 cm high; nodes thickened, bearded. Leaves 2-5 x 0.5-2 cm, ovate, acute, densely covered with bulbous based hairs; margins coriaceous; sheath glabrous or hairy; ligule a tuft of hairs. Panicle 5-8 cm long; branches smooth. Spikelets 2.5 cm long, ovate, acute; glumes similar, 2.5 mm long, ovate, acute, 7-nerved; lemmas similar, 1.5 x 1 mm, ovate, obtuse, concave; palea 1.5 x 1 mm, oblong; stamens 3; anthers 1 mm long.
|
| |
Habit:
Herb
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
September-October
|
| |
District(s):
Idukki
|
| |
Medicinal:
|
| |
Habitat:
Grasslands
|
| |
Distribution:
South India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
No
|
| |
Vegetable:
No
|
| |
Endemic to:
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
|
| |
Localities:
Sunderamala, Devicolam
|