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Arundo donax
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Arundo donax L., Sp. Pl. 1: 81. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 302. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1805(1250). 1934; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 566. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 471. 1989; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 330. 1991.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Oodappullu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Cana brava, Carrizo, Giant reed, Wild cane
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Description:
Perennial, with creeping woody rhizomes. Culms erect, up to 5 m high. Leaf-blades conspicuously distichous, linear-lanceolate, rounded or cordate at the base, 30-60 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, glabrous, smooth, long-attenuate at the tip. Panicle 30.60 cm long and 5.8(10) cm wide. Spikelets 10-15 mm long; glumes subequal, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, (8-)10-13 mm long, the lower a little shorter than the upper; lemmas lanceolate, (6) 8.5-13 mm long, 3-5-nerved, 3 of the nerves produced as short aristae, hairy all over the back below the middle with hairs up to 7 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Kottayam, Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Along banks of streams and backwaters
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Distribution:
Mediterranean region eastwards to North Africa, India-Pakistan; introduced into many parts of world
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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:
Yes
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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:
on way to Kundazhi, Anaikatty, Mathur, Calicut
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