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Microstegium ciliatum
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Microstegium ciliatum (Trin.) A. Camus, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 68: 201. 1921; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1716(1190). 1934; Sur, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 6: 169. 1985; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 172. 1991; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 84. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 536. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 830. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 580. 2005.
Pollinia ciliata Trin., Mem. Acad. Sci. Petersb. ser. 6, 2: 306. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 116. 1896.
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Description:
Annuals; culms 50 cm tall, geniculate; nodes glabrous. Leaves 10 x 1.5 cm, lanceolate, acute to either ends, aristate, glabrous. Racemes 5-10, slender, sub-digitate, 6-7 cm long. Spikelets similar, 4-5 x 1 mm, paired, one pedicelled and one sessile; lower glume 4 x 1 mm, elliptic, shortly 2-cleft at apex, 4-nerved, glabrous; upper glume 4 x 1 mm, boat-shaped, acuminate, 4-nerved; lower floret absent; upper bisexual; second lemma forms the hyaline base of the awn; awn 5-6 mm long; palea 0.5 mm long, hyaline; stamens 3; ovary elliptic, glabrous, stigma plumose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Banks of streams and margins of forests
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Distribution:
India to Myanmar
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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:
Mlappara, Moozhiar, Mukkuzhi, Azhutha, Sabarimala **, Aranamudi, Pongalapara
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