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Arundinaria densifolia
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Arundinaria densifolia Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26:32.1868; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7:379.1897; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1857(1285). 1934.
Chimonobambusa densiflora (Munro) Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 151. 1925; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 40.1996.
Sinarundinaria densifolia (Munro) Chao & Renv., Kew Bull. 44: 354. 1989; Seethalakshmi & Muktesh, Bamboos India 264. 1998; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 84. 1998.
Yushania densifolia (Munro) R.B. Majumdar in Karthik. et al., Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocotyl. 282. 1989.
Sinarundinaria microphylla sensu Kumar & Kumar, Rheedea 7: 11. 1997, non (Munro) Chao & Renv. 1989.
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Description:
Gregarious low shrubs, forming large patches in wet places, culms 30-90 cm high, internodes 2-4 cm long, glabrous; branches semi-verticillate at the nodes. Leaves 1.5-3 x 0.3-0.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, tessellate with almost membranous fimbriate margins, nerves 1 pair, sheath often dark hairy above, bear auricles and oral setae at the apex, tip long fimbriate; ligule obscure.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
2000-2600
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Localities:
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