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Bothriochloa pertusa
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 76: 164. 1931; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 54. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 527. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 513. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 339. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 385. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 821. 2009.
Holcus pertusus L., Mant. 2: 301. 1771.
Amphilophis pertusa (L.) Nash ex Stapf, Agr. News. Bridge. 15: 179. 1916; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1731(1200). 1934.
Andropogon pertusus (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 922. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 173. 1896.
Dichanthium pertusum (L.) Clayton, Kew Bull. 32: 4. 1977.
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Description:
Perennials. Culms 40-80 cm long, tufted, erect, creeping or geniculate; nodes bearded. Leaves 4-18 x 0.2-0.4 cm, oblong or lanceolate, apex acuminate, usually crowded at base, hairy, glaucous; sheaths to 7 cm long, keeled; ligule membranous. Racemes 2-7 on a peduncle, digitate or subdigitate, each one 3-6.5 cm long, pilose. Sessile spikelets 3-4 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate; lower glume 3-4 x 1 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, shortly 2-fid at apex, densely hairy below the middle, with a deep circular pit above the middle; upper glume oblong-lanceolate, equalling the lower; lower floret empty; upper floret bisexual; first lemma 2-3 x 1 mm, ovate-lanceolate; palea absent; second lemma 1-2 mm long, awn 1.5-2 cm long; palea absent; stamens 3; ovary oblong; stigmas 1-2 mm long, pink; grain oblong. Pedicelled spikelet 3-4 mm long; lower glume 3-4 x 1 mm, elliptic; upper glume equalling lower, lanceolate; lower floret similar to that of sessile spikelets; upper floret male or empty.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and among bunds of fields, roadsides and open places
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Distribution:
Arabia eastwards to South East Asia, Pakistan, India, Tropical Africa
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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:
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, Thekkady, Vengoli, Kovalam, Muhamma
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