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Oxytenanthera bourdillonii
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Oxytenanthera bourdillonii Gamble, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 7: 76,t.67. 1896; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 403. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1861(1288). 1934.
Pseudoxytenanthera bourdillonii (Gamble) Naithani, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 87: 440. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 524. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 393. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 544. 1998; Seethalakshmi & Muktesh, Bamboos India 222. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 401. 2002.
Pseudotenanthera bourdillonii (Gamble) R.B. Majumdar in Karthik. et al., Fl. Ind. Enum. 280. 1989.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Arayampoo, Vellimula, Kamen, Kamoda
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Description:
Shrubs, culms 3-8 m high, smooth; culm sheath blade to 15 cm long, glabrous. Leaves 15-35 x 2-5 cm, sessile, base acute, glabrous; margin entire; sheath keeled, glabrous. Spikelets 2.5 cm long, glabrous; lower glume acute; upper glume 10-11 x 6-7 mm, glabrous; florets 3-5, all bisexual; lemmas 20 x 6 mm, glabrous; palea 10-13 x 4 mm, hairy along the keels; staminal tube short; anthers 6-7 mm long, apiculate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Rosemala, Kurisumala, Thelliyalimattukkal
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