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Setaria homonyma
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Setaria homonyma (Steud.) Chiov. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s. 26: 78. 1919; Karthik, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 13: 178. 1971; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 479. 1985; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 305. 1991; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 1013. 2009.
Panicum homonymum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 48. 1854.
Panicum rhachitrichum sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 56. 1896, non Hochst. 1844.
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Description:
Annuals. Culms 20-70 cm long, creeping or decumbent, rarely erect; nodes softly bearded or glabrous. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 2-15 x 0.5-2.5 mm, acuminate, rounded or narrowed at base, slightly plicate towards base, glabrous or sparsely villous. Sheaths keeled, sparsely hispid or glabrous. Ligule a row of hairs. Panicles pyramidal or linear-oblong, 5-12 cm long, lax; racemes sparsely spiculate; bristles 2-10 mm long, more or less straight, scabrid. Spikelets ovate-oblong or elliptic, 2-3 ,1-1.5 mm. Lower glume ovate, 0.5-1 x 0.5-1 mm, chartaceous, 3-5 nerved. Upper glume ovate-oblong or elliptic, 2-3 x 1-1.5 mm, chartaceous, 5-7-nerved. Lower floret barren. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma similar to the upper glume. Palea oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 x 0.5 mm, delicate, 2-keeled, 2-nerved. Second lemma elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 1-2.5 x 1-1.5 mm, coriaceous, rugose, faintly 5-7-nerved. Palea elliptic, 1-2 x 1 mm, coriaceous, rugose, 2-keeled. Stamens 3, anthers c. 1 mm long. Ovary oblong, c. 0.5 x 0.2 mm; styles 1-1.5 mm long; stigmas 1-1.5 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Kannur, Wayanad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles
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Distribution:
India and Tropical Africa
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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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Endemic to:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Taliparamba
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