Ischaemum rugosum Salisb. - ribbed murainagrass
MG047 : Ischaemum rugosum Salisb.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 609 |
| Synonym | : | Andropogon arnottianus (Nees) Steud.;
Andropogon griffithsiae (Nees) Steud.;
Andropogon segetum (Trin.) Steud.;
Andropogon tong-dong Steud.;
Ischaemum rugosum var. segetum (Trin.) Hack.;
Ischaemum segetum Trin.;
Meoschium arnottianum Nees;
Meoschium elegans Nees Arn.;
Meoschium griffithii Nees & Am.;
Meoschium royleanum Nees ex Steud.;
Meoschium rugosum (Salisb.) Nees; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K- Tudi Zara, Bharda, Wrinkle duck beak, saromacca grass |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Straggling annual; culms 10-100 cm high. Leaf-blades 5-30 cm long, 3-15 mm wide. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, of paired racemes each 3-12 cm long, internodes and pedicels clavate, ciliate. Sessile spikelet oblong-ovate, 4-6 mm long; lower glume coriaceous and transversely ridged below, membranous above, 2-keeled along its length; upper lemma with an awn 15-20 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet resembling the sessile and on a pedicel one-third the length of the internode, or much reduced and on a pedicel equalling the internode. Fl. & Fr. Per.: October-December. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | scarcity |
| 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
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200025637 |
| 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 | : Ischaemum L. - murainagrass |
| Species | : Ischaemum rugosum Salisb. - ribbed murainagrass |