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Arundinella setosa
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Arundinella setosa Trin., Gram. Panic. 63. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 70. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1801(1247). 1934; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 527. 1988; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 344. 1991; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 512. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 338. 1999.
Arundinella capillaris Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 74. 1896.
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Description:
Annuals; culms tufted, 20-40 cm high; nodes glabrous. Leaves 3-10 x 0.5 cm, lanceolate; rounded at base, densely hairy; sheath rounded, hairy; ligule a fimbriate membrane. Panicle 5-20 cm long; effuse, branches scabrid. Spikelets 6 x 2 mm, glabrous; lower glume 5 x 1.5 mm; upper glume 6 x 1.5 mm, ovate, acuminate; first lemma 3 x 1 mm, ovate, acute; second lemma elliptic, 2 x 1 mm, with arista on either sides of the awn; awn 8 mm long; palea 2 x 1 mm, 2-keeled; anthers 1.5 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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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:
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Localities:
Palapetty, Pachakkanam, Kuthuparamba
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