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Dichaetaria wightii
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Dichaetaria wightii Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 145. 1854; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 300. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1829(1266). 1934; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 570. 2005.
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Description:
Perennial slender herbs, to 60 cm tall. Leaves narrow, linear, flat, 30-60 cm long. Panicles of few racemes on a long simple axis. Spikelets few, distant, 1-flowered, narrow, terete; rachilla jointed at the base, produced into an empty arista; glumes 2, unequal, lanceate, 3-nerved; callus elongate, bearded, palea minutely 2-dentate, 2-nerved, containing a bisexual floret; lodicules 2, fleshy; stamens 3. Caryopsis linear.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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:
Moozhiar
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