Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A.Camus
Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A.Camus
MG141 : Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A.Camus
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Amphilophis pertusa (L.) Stapf;
Amphilophis pertusa var. barbata (A.Camus) E.G.Camus & A.Camus;
Andropogon armillaris Willd. ex Steud., nom. nud.;
Andropogon pertusus (L.) Willd.;
Andropogon pertusus var. barbatus A.Camus;
Andropogon pertusus var. wightii Hack.;
Bothriochloa nana W.Z.Fang;
Dichanthium pertusum (L.) Clayton;
Elionurus pertusus Nees ex Steud., pro syn.;
Holcus pertusus L.;
Lepeocercis pertusa (L.) Hassk.;
Sorghum pertusum (L.) Kuntze; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | POACEAE |
| Description | : | Perennials. Culms 40-80 cm long, tufted, erect, creeping or geniculate; nodes bearded. Leaves 4-18 x 0.2-0.4 cm, oblong or lanceolate, apex acuminate, usually crowded at base, hairy, glaucous; sheaths to 7 cm long, keeled; ligule membranous. Racemes 2-7 on a peduncle, digitate or subdigitate, each one 3-6.5 cm long, pilose. Sessile spikelets 3-4 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate; lower glume 3-4 x 1 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, shortly 2-fid at apex, densely hairy below the middle, with a deep circular pit above the middle; upper glume oblong-lanceolate, equalling the lower; lower floret empty; upper floret bisexual; first lemma 2-3 x 1 mm, ovate-lanceolate; palea absent; second lemma 1-2 mm long, awn 1.5-2 cm long; palea absent; stamens 3; ovary oblong; stigmas 1-2 mm long, pink; grain oblong. Pedicelled spikelet 3-4 mm long; lower glume 3-4 x 1 mm, elliptic; upper glume equalling lower, lanceolate; lower floret similar to that of sessile spikelets; upper floret male or empty. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Grasslands and among bunds of fields, roadsides and open places |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: 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 | : Bothriochloa |
| Species | : Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A.Camus |