• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
• Basionym : Anthoxanthum indicum L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze
• Vernacular name : Nari vaal pul (Tamil); Kuras (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Wastelands
• Comments / notes : Occasional on plains.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-200
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Beed district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Jalgaon district, Nagpur district, Nanded district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaya, Southeast Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Perotis indica. Downloaded on 4 May 2024.

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