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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MG033 : Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 594  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Eragrostis von Wolf - lovegrass
Species : Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. - slimflower lovegrass
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Gramineae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Eragrostis brownei (Kunth) Nees ex Hook.
Eragrostis brownii (Kunth) Nees ex Steud.
Eragrostis cambessediana (Kunth) Steud.
Eragrostis dakarensis A.Chev.
Eragrostis dumasiana A.Chev.
Eragrostis elegantula Nees ex Miq.
Eragrostis flamignii De Wild.
Eragrostis kalinaensis Vanderyst [Invalid]
Eragrostis ovina (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Steud.
Eragrostis ovina Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Eragrostis pumila A.Chev.
Eragrostis stenoclada J.Presl
Eragrostis stenophylla Hochst. ex Miq.
Eragrostis vinicolor A.Chev.
Eragrostis vinicolor var. pallida A.Chev.
Eragrostis willdenowii Nees ex Steud. [Invalid]
Poa cambessediana Kunth
Poa floribunda Willd. ex Spreng. [Invalid]
Poa gangetica Roxb.
Poa ovina A.Rich.
Poa stenoclada (J.Presl) Kunth
Description : Annual; caespitose. Culms geniculately ascending; 15–60 cm long. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades 3–15 cm long; 1–3 mm wide. Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; ovate; 6–20 cm long. Primary panicle branches 1 -nate. Panicle branches straight; glabrous in axils. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels glabrous. Spikelets comprising 6–35 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 3–10 mm long; 1–1.5 mm wide; breaking up at maturity; rhachilla persistent; shedding paleas. Rhachilla internodes eventually visible between lemmas. Glumes deciduous; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume lanceolate; 0.6–1.8 mm long; 1 length of upper glume; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume lanceolate; 0.6–1.8 mm long; 0.5–1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume apex acute. Fertile florets divergent; free at tip. Fertile lemma ovate; 1.2–1.7 mm long; membranous; grey; keeled; 3 -veined. Lemma apex acute. Palea keels scaberulous. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped. FLOWER Anthers 2; 0.2 mm long. FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; orbicular; 0.4–0.6 mm long.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : A decoction of the plant is used as a treatment for sore feet.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :