MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MG013 : Chionachne koenigii (Spreng.) Thwaites |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 572 |
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| Plant Category : | Grasses | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Poaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Karsali, Baba Zara | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Chionachne barbata (Roxb.) R. Br. Coix arundinacea* Koen. ex Willd. Coix barbata Roxb. Coix koenigii Spreng. Polytoca barbata (Roxb.) Stapf ex Hook.f. |
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| Description : | Robust perennial, 1-3 m high. Leaf-blade 15-85 cm long, 5-15 (-25) mm wide, scabrid above, harshly scabrid on the margins, the lower surface covered with brittle irritant hairs. Inflorescence a much-branched leafy panicle with clusters of branches subtended by leaf-like spathes, the individual racemes supported by spatheoles comprising an inflated obovate sheath bearing a blade reduced to an awn-like cusp. Racemes 2-4 cm long, male or male above with a solitary female spikelet (rarely a second present) at the base. Male spikelets solitary or paired, 6-9 (-10.5) mm long; female spikelet 5-6 mm long, oblong, pallid or white. | |||||||||||||
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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