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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MG042 : Hackelochloa granularis (L.) Kuntze

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 604  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Hackelochloa Kuntze - pitscale grass
Species : Hackelochloa granularis (L.) Kuntze - pitscale grass
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Gramineae  

 
Plant Common Name : pitscale grass
 
Synonym : Cenchrus granularis L.
Manisuris granularis (L.) L.f.
Manisuris granularis (L.) Sw.
Manisuris granularis L.
Manisuris polystachya P.Beauv.
Mnesithea granularis (L.) de Koning & Sosef
Rottboellia granularis (L.) Roberty
Rytilix glandulosa Raf.
Rytilix granularis (L.) Skeels
Tripsacum granulare (L.) Raspail


Description : Annual; culms 5-100 cm high, erect. Leaf-blades linear-lanceolate, 2-15 cm long, 4-12 mm wide, coarsely hispid, subamplexicaul. Racemes 5-15 mm long. Sessile spikelet about 1 mm long; upper glume narrowly crested at the apex. Pedicelled spikelet 1.5 -2.5 mm long.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :