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Themeda tremula
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Themeda tremula (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 6: 667. 1889; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1746(1210). 1934; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 481. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 555. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 470. 1989; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 198. 1991; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 551. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 588. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 1019. 2009.
Anthistiria tremula Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1:401.1855; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7:214.1896.
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Description:
Perennials; culms tufted, 60-100 cm high, slender, pinkish. Leaves 10-20 x 0.4-1 cm, lanceolate, cordate at base, glabrous; sheath keeled, covered with tubercled hairs; ligule 4 mm long, membranous. Panicle 10-25 cm long; spathes brown, covered with bulbous based hairs. Racemes clustered. Involucral spikelets 4, 7-9 mm long; glumes covered with bulbous based hairs. Pedicelled spikelets 3 in a raceme, similar to involucral spikelets. Bisexual spikelets 4 x 1 mm, lanceolate; lower glume with a longitudinal slit on dorsal surface, apex truncate; second lemma epaleate, awned, awn up to 3 cm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Kasaragode, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Wayanad
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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:
Vallakkadavu, Chandanathode, Moozhiar, Chandanathode, Taliparamba, Nileswar, Peermade, Devicolam, Munnar, Thekkadi, Cherambadi, Pavagada, Mannarapara, Pooyamkutty
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