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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MG139 : Paspalum scrobiculatum

Plant Category : Grasses
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Paspalum adelogaeum Steud.; Paspalum akoense Hayata; Paspalum amazonicum Trin.; Paspalum auriculatum J.Presl ; Paspalum barbatum Schumach., nom. illeg.; Paspalum borbonicum Steud.; Paspalum boscianum Flüggé; Paspalum cartilagineum J.Presl; Paspalum cartilagineum var. biglumaceum Fosberg & Sachet; Paspalum coloratum Rich. ex Döll, pro syn.; Paspalum commersonii Lam.; Paspalum commersonii var. hirsutum Jansen; Paspalum commersonii var. polystachyum (R.Br.) Stapf; Paspalum commersonii var. turgidum (Buse) Jansen; Paspalum commutatum Nees; Paspalum confertum Leconte; Paspalum coromandelinum Lam.; Paspalum deightonii (C.E.Hubb.) Clayton; Paspalum dissectum var. grande Nees; Paspalum firmum Trin.; Paspalum frumentaceum Rottler ex P.Beauv, pro syn.; Paspalum horneri Henrard; Paspalum jardinii Steud.; Paspalum kora Willd.; Paspalum ledermannii Mez; Paspalum longifolium var. pseudo-orbiculare Jansen; Paspalum mauritanicum Nees ex Steud., nom. superfl.; Paspalum metabolon Steud.; Paspalum metzii Steud.; Paspalum moratii Toutain; Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst.; Paspalum orbiculare var. cartilagineum (J.Presl) Summerh. & C.E.Hubb.; Paspalum palustre Vanderyst, nom. provis.; Paspalum polo F.M.Bailey; Paspalum polystachyum R.Br.; Paspalum puberulum Roem. & Schult.; Paspalum pubescens R.Br., nom. illeg.; Paspalum purpurascens Elliott; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. auriculatum (J.Presl) Merr.; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. bispiculatum Hack.; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. commersonii (Lam.) Stapf; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. deightonii C.E.Hubb.; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. frumentaceum Stapf, nom. inval.; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. gracillimum Domin; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. horneri (Henrard) de Koning & Sosef; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. jardinii (Steud.) Franch.; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. orbiculare (G.Forst.) Hack.; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. polystachyum (R.Br.) A.Chev.; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. turgidum Buse; Paspalum scrobiculatum var. velutinum Hack.; Paspalum serpens J.Presl ex Trin.; Paspalum thunbergii var. minus Makino, nom. nud.;Paspalum virgatum Walter, nom. illeg.; Paspalum virgatum var. latifolium Alph.Wood; Paspalum virgatum var. purpurascens (Elliott) Alph.Wood; Paspalum zollingeri Steud.
Plant Common Name :

Plant Family : POACEAE
Description : Annuals or perennials. Culms 15-80 cm high, tufted, erect or creeping and rooting at the lower nodes; nodes glabrous. Leaves 3.5-36 x 0.4-1 cm, lanceolate to linear, base rounded, apex acuminate; sheaths to 15 cm long; ligules membranous, ciliate. Racemes usually 2, rarely 3-5, 2.5-7 cm long; rachis flat. Spikelets 2-ranked or 3-ranked, 2-3.5 mm long, ovate-orbicular or obovate, obtuse. Lower glume absent. Upper glume 2-3.5 x 2-2.5 mm, ovate or orbicular, membranous. Lower floret barren. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma 2-3.5 x 2-2.5 mm, ovate or orbicular, crustaceous. Palea 2-2.5 x 1.5-2 mm, ovate or orbicular, crustaceous, inflexed. Stamens 3; anthers yellow or brown. Ovary c. 0.5 mm long; stigmas cream yellow or violet in colour.
Plant Location in Melghat :

Medicinal Use / Activity : Seed - eaten cooked, it can be used like rice, boiled or parched and ground into flour. It can also be popped like popcorn.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Phytosterols; 1-Hentriacontanol;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142
Reference : Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book
Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Subclass : Commelinids
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae
Genus : Paspalum
Species : Paspalum scrobiculatum L.

Paspalum scrobiculatum L.
Paspalum scrobiculatum L.