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Themeda triandra Forssk.

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Themeda triandra Forssk.
Themeda triandra Forssk.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAndropogon tenuipedicellatus Steud.
synonymAnthistiria argentea Nees
synonymAnthistiria australis R.Br.
synonymAnthistiria brachyantha Boiss.
synonymAnthistiria caespitosa Andersson
synonymAnthistiria ciliata Cav. ex Spreng., pro syn.
synonymAnthistiria ciliata var. brachyantha (Boiss.) Boiss.
synonymAnthistiria ciliata var. burchellii (Hack.) Hack.
synonymAnthistiria ciliata var. mollicoma Nees
synonymAnthistiria ciliata var. syriaca (Boiss.) Boiss.
synonymAnthistiria cuspidata Andersson
synonymAnthistiria depauperata Andersson
synonymAnthistiria desfontainii Kunth, nom. superfl.
synonymAnthistiria forskalii Kunth, nom. superfl.
synonymAnthistiria glauca Desf., nom. superfl.
synonymAnthistiria imberbis Retz.
synonymAnthistiria imberbis var. argentea (Nees) Stapf
synonymAnthistiria imberbis var. burchellii (Hack.) Stapf
synonymAnthistiria imberbis var. mollicoma (Nees) Stapf
synonymAnthistiria imberbis var. roylei Hook.f.
synonymAnthistiria japonica Willd.
synonymAnthistiria paleacea (Poir.) Ball
synonymAnthistiria polystachya Roxb.
synonymAnthistiria puberula Andersson
synonymAnthistiria punctata Hochst. ex A.Rich.
synonymAnthistiria subglabra Buse
synonymAnthistiria syriaca Boiss.
synonymAnthistiria vulgaris Hack.
synonymApluda imberbis Steud., pro syn.
synonymCalamina imberbis (Retz.) P.Beauv.
synonymStipa arguens var. japonica Houtt.
synonymStipa paleacea Poir.
synonymThemeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf
synonymThemeda barbinodis B.S.Sun & S.Wang
synonymThemeda brachyantha (Boiss.) Trab.
synonymThemeda forskalii Hack., nom. superfl.
synonymThemeda forskalii var. argentea (Nees) Hack.
synonymThemeda forskalii var. burchellii Hack.
synonymThemeda forskalii var. glauca Hack.
synonymThemeda forskalii var. imberbis (Retz.) Hack.
synonymThemeda forskalii var. major Hack.
synonymThemeda forskalii var. mollissima Hack., orth. var.
synonymThemeda forskalii var. paleacea (Poir.) T.Durand & Schinz
synonymThemeda forskalii var. vulgaris (Hack.) Hack.
synonymThemeda glauca (Desf.) Trab.
synonymThemeda imberbis (Retz.) T.Cooke
synonymThemeda japonica (Houtt.) Tanaka
synonymThemeda japonica var. viridiflora Honda
synonymThemeda polygama J.F.Gmel., nom. superfl.
synonymThemeda triandra var. brachyantha (Boiss.) Hack.
synonymThemeda triandra var. bracteosa Peter
synonymThemeda triandra var. burchellii (Hack.) Domin
synonymThemeda triandra var. glauca (Hack.) Thell.
synonymThemeda triandra var. hispida Stapf
synonymThemeda triandra var. imberbis (Retz.) Hack.
synonymThemeda triandra var. japonica (Houtt.) Makino
synonymThemeda triandra var. punctata (A.Rich.) Stapf
synonymThemeda triandra var. sublaevigata Chiov.
synonymThemeda triandra var. syriaca (Boiss.) Hack.
synonymThemeda triandra var. trachyspathea Gooss.
synonymThemeda triandra var. vulgaris (Hack.) Domin
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Root gras/ Red grass
Malayalam
  • Chekkanampullu
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Perennials. Culms 50-170 cm high, erect, tufted; nodes glabrous. Leaves 10-25 x 0.4-0.8 cm, lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute, glabrescent; sheaths to 8 cm long, keeled; ligules membranous, fimbriate. Panicles 20-45 cm long; racemes to 6 x 3 cm; spatheoles 3-8 cm long, tuberculate-pilose. Involucral spikelets 2 pairs, 7-11 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate; lower glume 7-10 mm long, elliptic, 2-keeled; upper glume 7-10 x 1-2 mm, lanceolate; lower floret empty; upper floret male; first lemma 7-10 x 1-2 mm, elliptic-lanceolate; second lemma c. 1 mm long, ovate-acute; stamens 3. Sessile spikelets solitary in a raceme, 7-10 mm long, oblong; glumes oblong-lanceolate, lower 6-10 x 1-2 mm, upper 6-8 mm long; lower floret empty; upper floret bisexual; lemmas 3-5 mm long, elliptic, awns 2-5 cm long; stamens 3. Pedicelled spikelets 2 in a raceme, 6-10 mm long, lanceolate; glumes and spikelets more or less similar to those of the involucral spikelets.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: October-January
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          📚 Habitat and Distribution
          General Habitat
          Hilly areas
          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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            Deciduous forests, grasslands and wastelands
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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              Description
              Global Distribution

              India: Assam, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland; Africa

              Indian Distribution

              Western Assam

              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                Global Distribution

                Paleotropics

                Indian distribution

                State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                  📚 Occurrence
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                  📚 Uses and Management
                  Uses

                  System of Medicines Used In

                  Folk medicine
                  Folk medicine
                  System Of Medicines Used In

                  Folk medicine

                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4043
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                    Medicinal
                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      📚 Information Listing
                      References
                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4043
                      1. Anthistiria imberbis Retz., Obs. Bot. 3: 11. 1783; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 211. 1896.
                      2. Themeda triandra Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 178. 1775; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1746(1209). 1934; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 336. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 486. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 366. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 555. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 591. 1990; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 202. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 561. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 454. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 527. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 397. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 85. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 815. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 551. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 361. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 404. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 848. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 589. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 897. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 1019. 2009.
                      Information Listing > References
                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4043
                      2. Anthistiria imberbis Retz., Obs. Bot. 3: 11. 1783; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 211. 1896.
                      3. Themeda triandra Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 178. 1775; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1746(1209). 1934; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 336. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 486. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 366. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 555. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 591. 1990; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 202. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 561. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 454. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 527. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 397. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 85. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 815. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 551. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 361. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 404. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 848. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 589. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 897. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 1019. 2009.

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                      🐾 Taxonomy
                      RootRoot
                      KingdomPlantae
                      PhylumTracheophyta
                      ClassLiliopsida
                      OrderPoales
                      FamilyPoaceae
                      GenusThemeda
                      SpeciesThemeda triandra Forssk.
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