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Arundinella vaginata
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Arundinella vaginata Bor, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 27: 66. 1948; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 345. 1991; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 82. 1998.
Arundinella villosa sensu C.E.C. Fisch. in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1801(1247). 1934, non Arn. ex Steud. 1854.
Arundinella villosa Arn. ex Steud. var. heynei Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 73. 1896.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chonappullu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Culms tufted, erect, to 70 cm, densely villous below panicle; nodes villous. Leaf-blades involute, 18-36 x 0.4-0.8 cm, abaxially densely tubercled-ciliate, adaxially sparsely tubercled-ciliate or glabrescent; ligule membranous, to 0.05 cm. Panicles to 15 cm, interrupted; axis villous; racemes to 3 cm, rachis villous. Spikelets to 0.7 cm, paired; pedicels unequal. Lower glume elliptic, to 0.65 cm, aristate, 3-5-veined; veins tubercled-ciliate; upper glume elliptic, to 0.7 cm, acute, 5-veined; veins tubercled-ciliate; lower lemma elliptic, to 0.6 cm, acute, 5-veined, scabrid on keel and at apex; palea lanceolate, to 0.45 cm; upper lemma elliptic-oblong, to 0.35 cm, acute, 2-lobed, 5-veined, scaberulous, awned; awn to 0.55 cm; palea to 0.35 cm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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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
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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:
Anamudi
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