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Oxytenanthera monadelpha
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Oxytenanthera monadelpha (Thw.) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6 (Suppl.) 342. 1931; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1861(1288). 1934; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 997. 2009.
Dendrocalamus monadelphus Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 376. 1864.
Pseudoxytenanthera monadelpha (Thw.) Sodestrom & Ellis, Smiths. Contrib. Bot. 72: 52. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 544. 1998; Seethalakshmi & Muktesh, Bamboos India 224. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 356. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 401. 2002.
Oxytenanthera thwaitesii Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 129. 1868; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 402. 1896.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattumula
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large shrubby bamboo; culms, tufted. Leaves to 20 x 3 cm, ovate, lanceolate, long acute at apex, margins, minutely serrate. Panicles of spicate branches; spikelets in clusters, forming pseudo-panicles, to 1.5 cm long, with 1 fertile and 2 dormant florets. Lower glume 5 mm, obovate-triangular, mucronate, ciliate along the margins and upper part; upper glume 9 mm, oblong-triangular, lemma 12 mm, ovate-elongate, mucronate; palea little smaller. Stamens 6, filaments united.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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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:
600-2000
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Vellimala, Karimala
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