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Microchloa indica
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Microchloa indica (L.f.) P. Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 13, t.20, f.8. 1812; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1830(1267). 1934; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 469. 1985.
Nardus indica L.f., Suppl. Pl. 105. 1781.
Rottboellia setacea Roxb., Pl. Corom. 17, t. 132. 1798.
Microchloa setacea (Roxb.) R.Br., Prodr. 208. 1810; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 283. 1896.
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Description:
Culms tufted, to 10 cm, slender to 0.5 mm wide, nodes glabrous. Leaf-sheaths 1-3.5 cm; blades linear, to 2 cm, involute, apex acuminate; ligule shortly membranous, 0.2 mm. Spike solitary, to 8 cm, slender, curved. Spikelets lanceolate, to 2 mm, sessile, secund, 1-flowered; rachilla disarticulating above the glumes not produced beyond lemma; glumes lanceoate-oblong, subequal, 1-nerved, keeled, cuspidate or acuminate; lower glume to 3 mm; upper glume to 2.5 mm; lemma ovate, to 1.5 mm, 3-nerved, 2-keeled; palea to 1.5 mm, 2-lobed, 2-keeled. Anthers 3, to 1.5 mm. Caryopsis oblong-ellipsoid, to 1.2 mm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Kasaragode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kasaragod
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