Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv. - hooked bristlegrass
MG071 : Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 634 |
| Synonym | : | Alopecurus paniceus (L.) L.;
Chaetochloa ambigua (Guss.) Scribn. & Merr.;
Chaetochloa brevispica Scribn. & Merr.;
Chaetochloa verticillata (L.) Scribn.;
Chamaeraphis verticillata (L.) Porter
Cynosurus paniceus L.;
Ixophorus verticillatus (L.) Nash;
Panicum acuminatissimum Nees ex Döll nom. inval.;
Panicum adhaerens Forssk.;
Panicum albospiculatum Swallen;
Panicum ambiguum (Guss.) Hausskn. nom. illeg.;
Panicum aparine Steud.;
Panicum apricum Swallen;
Panicum asperum Lam.;
Panicum bambusifolium Desv.;
Panicum decipiens (F.W.Schultz); E.H.L.Krause nom. illeg.;
Panicum floribundum Willd. ex Spreng. nom. inval.;
Panicum italicum Ucria nom. illeg.;
Panicum kleinii Swallen;
Panicum pompale Swallen;
Panicum respiciens (A.Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud.;
Panicum rottleri (Spreng.) Nees nom. illeg.;
Panicum rude Lam. ex Steud. nom. inval.
Panicum secundum Trin.;
Panicum semitectum Swallen nom. illeg.;
Panicum vagum Scop. nom. illeg.;
Panicum verticillatum L.;
Panicum viride Desf. nom. illeg.;
Pennisetum respiciens A.Rich.;
Pennisetum verticillatum (L.) R.Br.;
Setaria adhaerens (Forssk.) Chiov.;
Setaria ambigua (Guss.) Guss. nom. illeg.;
Setaria aparine (Steud.) Chiov.;
Setaria brevispica (Scribn. & Merr.) K.Schum.;
Setaria carnei Hitchc.;
Setaria conglomerata Fr. ex Schltdl.;
Setaria decipiens F.W.Schultz;
Setaria decipiens Schimp. ex Morariu nom. illeg.;
Setaria depauperata Phil.;
Setaria floribunda Spreng.;
Setaria gussonei Kerguélen;
Setaria nubica Link;
Setaria panicea (L.) Schinz & Thell.;
Setaria pratensis Phil.;
Setaria pseudoverticillata Schltdl. nom. inval.;
Setaria respiciens (A.Rich.) Walp.;
Setaria rottleri Spreng.;
Setaria teysmannii Miq.;
Setaria verticilliformis Dumort.;
Setariopsis verticillata (L.) Samp.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chikta,K-Ludi Zara, Laptuna,Latkaunya, bristly foxtail and hooked bristle grass, Chirchira, Barchitta, |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Loosely tufted annual; culms 10-100 cm high or more, geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades broadly linear, 5-30 cm long, 4-16 mm wide, flaccid, glabrous to loosely pilose; sheaths glabrous to pubescent. Panicle spiciform, linear to untidily lobed, 2-15 cm long, often entangled, the rhachis hispidulous; bristles 3-8 mm long, retrorsely barbed, tenaciously clinging. Spikelets ellipsoid, 1.5-2.5 mm long; lower glume one-third to half as long as the spikelet; upper glume as long as the spikelet; lower floret barren, the palea minute; upper lemma finely rugose. Fl. & Fr. Per.: throughout much of the year. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Occasional around villages in hedges and on rubbish |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | rheumatism, psoriasis and chronic eruptions |
| 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
- Chintala Shivakoti et al. Preliminary Phytochemical Screening of Setaria verticillata. Indo American Journal of Pharm Research.2015:5(06). |
| Reference | : | ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ 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 | : Setaria P. Beauv. - bristlegrass |
| Species | : Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv. - hooked bristlegrass |