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Arthraxon meeboldii
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Arthraxon meeboldii Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 449. 1908; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1728(1198). 1934; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 509. 1998.
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Description:
Culms 20-40 cm high, nodes glabrous. Leaves 2-5 x 0.5-1 cm rigid, margin coriaceous, serrate; lower serrations spinulose; ligule membranous, 2-3 mm long. Racemes 4-6 cm long. Sessile spikelets 7 mm long; callus hairy; lower glume 7 x 1.5 mm; keels with penicillate tubercles towards the apex; upper glume 7.5 x 2 mm, keel serrate; first lemma linear-oblong; second lemma cleft at the apex; awn 15-20 mm long. Lower pedicelled spikelets reduced to pedicels; upper developed, 4 mm long, lanceolate; pedicel 3 mm long, ciliate; lower glume 4 x 1 mm, lanceolate, with two rows of tubercles along the keels; upper glume, lanceolate, 3-nerved, keeled. Florets two; lower barren, upper male, second lemma bifid at apex and with a small protuberance in the sinus.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India
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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:
South India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sabarimala
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