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Dichanthium oliganthum
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Dichanthium oliganthum (Hochst. ex Steud.) Cope, Kew Bull. 35: 703. 1980; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 79. 1991; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 511. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 521. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 390. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 967. 2009.
Andropogon oliganthus Hochst. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 368. 1854; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 201. 1896.
Indochloa oligantha (Hochst. ex Steud.) Bor, Kew Bull. 1954: 79. 1954; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 451. 1995.
Heteropogon oliganthus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Blatt. & McCann, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 32: 623. 1928; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1744(1208). 1934.
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Description:
Annuals; culms 5-25 cm high, tufted; nodes glabrous. Leaves 2-7 x 0.5-0.8 cm, ovate-lanceolate; rounded at base, tomentose, ciliate along the margins; sheath keeled, ligule 2 mm wide, membranous. Raceme solitary, terminal, 2-4 cm long. Sessile spikelets 4 x 1.5 mm, glabrous; lower glume 4 x 1.5 mm, margins incurved, coriaceous; upper glume similar, 1-nerved; awn 40-45 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets 6-7 mm long; glumes subequal, truncate to obtuse, 13-nerved; florets absent.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-November
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist areas in grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karimala Hills, Brook's peak, Anamudi slopes, Munnar, Peermade, Ariankavu
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