Brachiaria reptans (L.) Gard. & C.E. Hubbard
Brachiaria reptans (L.) Gard. & C.E. Hubbard
Brachiaria reptans (L.) Gard. & C.E. Hubbard
MG010 : Brachiaria reptans (L.) Gard. & C.E. Hubbard
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 567 |
| Synonym | : | Brachiaria prostrata (Lam.) Griseb.;
Panicum prostratum Lam.;
Panicum reptans Linn.;
Urochloa reptans (Linn.) Stapf; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Annual, usually with decumbent stems rooting at the nodes; culms 15-60 cm high. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 2-7 cm long, 3-15 mm wide. Inflorescence of 5-15 racemes on an axis 1-8 cm long; racemes 14 cm long, bearing paired spikelets crowded on a triquetrous rhachis with hirsute pedicels. Spikelets narrowly ovate to broadly elliptic, 1.5-2.2 mm long, glabrous, acute, without a stipe; lower glume one eighth to a quarter the length of the spikelet, hyaline, clasping, truncate (sometimes a little longer and broadly ovate); upper lemma rugose, subacute, mucronulate.
Fl. & Fr. Per.: June-October. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In forest undergrowth and along stream and river banks |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | IUCN Red List - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus | : Brachiaria (Trin.) Griseb. - signalgrass |
| Species | : Brachiaria reptans (L.) Gard. & C.E. Hubbard |