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Paspalidium geminatum
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.) Stapf in Prain, Fl. Trop. Africa 9: 583. 1920; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1774(1229). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 479. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 473. 1985; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 279. 1991; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 876. 2009.
Panicum geminatum Forssk., Fl. Aegy.-Arab. 18.1775.
Panicum paspaloides Pers., Syns. Pl. 81. 1805; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 30. 1896.
Panicum fluitans Retz., Obs. Bot. 3: 8. 1783.
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Description:
Perennials. Culms 25-130 cm long, creeping or floating, rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves 8-22 x 0.5 - 1.3 cm, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acuminate; sheaths to 12.5 cm long; ligules tuft of hairs. Panicles 8-30 cm long, spiciform; racemes 8-25 in number, 1-3.5 cm long; rachis narrowly winged. Spikelets 2-4 mm long, ovate or elliptic. Lower glume 1-1.5 x 1.5-2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, rounded. Upper glume 2-3 x 1.5-2 mm, ovate, obtuse. Lower floret male. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma 3-3.5 x 1.5-2 mm, elliptic-acute. Palea 2-3 x 1-1.5 mm, broadly elliptic, hyaline, 2-keeled. Stamens 3. Second lemma 2-3 x 1.5-2 mm, elliptic-acute, coriaceous. Palea 2-2.5 x 1-1.5 mm, elliptic-acute, subcoriaceous, 2-keeled. Stamens 3; anthers yellow. Ovary ovate; stigma c. 1 mm long, cream-yellow in colour. Grains c. 1 mm long, ellipsoid.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-March
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Waterlogged areas and wet lands
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Taliparamba, Nileswar, Kottayam town, near Quilon, Ayiramthengu, Alleppey town, Thanneermukkam, Kuppapuram, Pallanthuruthy, Pulinkunnu, R. Block, Thakazhy
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