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Brachiaria reptans
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Brachiaria reptans (L.) Gard. & C.E.Hubb. in Hook., Ic. Pl. Subtab. 3363. 1938; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 224. 1991; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 506. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 377. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 833. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 825. 2009.
Panicum reptans L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 870. 1759.
Panicum prostratum Lam., Encycl. Tabl. 1: 171. 1791; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 33. 1896.
Panicum javanicum sensu Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 35. 1896, non Poir. 1816.
Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Africa 9: 610. 1920; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1775(1230). 1934.
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Description:
Annuals. Culms 12-35 cm long, creeping, rooting at the nodes; nodes sparsely bearded. Leaves 1.5-6.5 x 0.3-0.8 cm, lanceolate, base rounded, apex acuminate; sheaths to 2.5 cm long, ciliate on one margin; ligule a row of hairs. Panicles 2.5-5.5 cm long, terminal; racemes 3-6 in number, alternate, 1-3.5 cm long. Spikelets 1.5-2 mm long, elliptic, acute; pedciels c. 1 mm long. Lower glume 0.5-1 mm long, obovate,1-3-nerved. Upper glume 1.5-2 mm long, ovate, acute, 5-nerved. Lower floret empty. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma 1.5-2 x 1 mm, broadly ovate, acute, 7-nerved. Palea 1.5-2 x 1 mm, ovate, 2-keeled, hyaline. Second lemma c. 1 x 1 mm, ovate, mucronate, crustaceous, rugulose. Palea c. 1 x 1 mm,ovate, crustaceous, 2-keeled. Stamens 3. Stigmas purple, plumose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-November
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Idukki, Malappuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Tropical Asia; now introduced throughout the tropics
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Kattalappara, way to Munnar, Lock-hert gap, Thamarakulam, Manimooli
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