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Ochlandra scriptoria
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Ochlandra scriptoria (Dennst.) C.E.C. Fisch. in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1863(1289). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 476. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 546. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 458. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 564. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 428. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 519. 1996; Seethalakshmi & Muktesh, Bamboos India 182. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 397. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 581. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 867. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 994. 2009.
Bambusa scriptoria Dennst., Schluss. Hort. Malab. 31. 1818.
Ochlandra rheedei (Kunth) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Gamble, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 7: 121, t.107. 1896; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 418. 1896.
Bheesha rheedei Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 434. 1833. 'rheedii'.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ammeyi, Eera, Kolanchi, Oodal, Ottal
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Description:
Rootstock rhizomatous, branched; culms erect, to 10 m tall, 2-2.5 cm across; culm sheaths thin, ligule trigonous, auricled at base, hairy inside. Leaves 10-15 x 1.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, apex acuminate; sheath ciliate along margins; ligule with few bristles. Spikelets 2-2.5 cm long. Fertile glume oblong, mucronate; palea convolute-long mucronate; stamens about 16, anthers 1.5 cm long; filaments 0.5 cm long, free; lodicules 6-8, linear-oblong, 7 x 1.5 mm; ovary and style glabrous; stigma 6 or 7, unequal, plumose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Kozhikkode, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Alappuzha
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Riverbanks and stream sides
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Distribution:
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Kuriarkutty, Chandanathode, Chemungi, Ponmudi, Parappar
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