Eragrostis tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. - elastic grass
Eragrostis tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. - elastic grass
MG040 : Eragrostis tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 601 |
| Synonym | : | Eragrostis plana sensu B.K. Simon; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Tufted perennial to 0.7 m high. Leaves with sheath occasionally hairy with hairs c. 1 mm long; orifice with rigid hairs to 2 mm long; ligule a ciliate rim with hairs to 0.5 mm long; blade flat, often folded when dry, to 3 mm wide, smooth, glabrous. Inflorescence open, 12–25 cm long, 4–12 cm wide; axils of branches and pedicels pilose with hairs to 1.5 mm long; branches appressed at first, later spreading; pedicels to 12 mm long, smooth, glabrous. Spikelets 7–12 mm long, to 2 mm wide, florets 6–14; rachilla persistent with lemmas deciduous, paleas persistent. Glumes 0.5–1 mm long, acute, keeled, smooth, glabrous; lower glume often shorter than upper. Lemmas 2–2.5 mm long, acute, keeled, smooth, glabrous; keel usually scabrous. Palea slightly shorter than lemma, 2-keeled, glabrous; keels scabrous. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Chikhaldara,Semadoh and Tarubanda range |
| 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 |
| 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 | : Eragrostis von Wolf - lovegrass |
| Species | : Eragrostis tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. - elastic grass |