Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A. Camus
MG024 : Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A.Camus
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 585 |
| Synonym | : | Andropogon annulatus var. subrepens Hack.;
Andropogon binatus Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Andropogon caricosus L.;
Andropogon curvatus Russell ex Wall. [Invalid];
Andropogon depressus Steud.;
Andropogon filiformis Pers.;
Andropogon serratus Retz. [Illegitimate];
Andropogon tenellus Roxb.;
Apocopis pallida Hook.f.;
Dichanthium caricosum var. mollicomum;
Dichanthium caricosum var. theinlwinii (Bor) de Wet & Harlan;
Dichanthium pallidum (Hook.f.) Stapf ex C.E.C.Fisch.;
Dichanthium theinlwinii Bor;
Heteropogon concinnus Thwaites; Heteropogon tenellus (Roxb.) Schult.; Lepeocercis serrata Trin.;
Sorghum caricosum (L.) Kuntze; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Mothi Marvel, bluestem, nadi blue grass, Antigua hay grass, jiribilla, roadside bluestem, nawai grass |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennial, stoloniferous. Culms tufted at nodes of stolons, geniculately ascending, 3060 cm tall, nodes glabrous or pubescent. Leaf sheaths compressed, keeled, shorter than internodes; leaf blades flat, 1520 cm Χ 2.55 mm, glabrous or with a few hairs at base, margins smooth or scabrid, apex acuminate; ligule less than 1 mm, margin ciliate. Inflorescence terminal; peduncle glabrous; racemes (1)24, 2.55 cm, with 13 pairs of homogamous spikelets. Sessile spikelet 33.5 mm; lower glume obovate-elliptic or obovate-oblong, papery, 812-veined, glabrous or often sparsely hirsute on lower back, slightly glossy, margins shortly ciliate, keels winged, apex rounded; upper glume ciliate above middle, apex obtuse; awn 1.52.5 cm, weakly geniculate. Caryopsis obovate-oblong. Pedicelled spikelet many-veined, resembling sessile. Fl. and fr. OctMar. 2n = 20, 40. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/119806
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242317870 |
| 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 | : Dichanthium Willem. - bluestem |
| Species | : Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A. Camus |