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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MG054 : Oplismenus compositus (L.) P. Beauv.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 616  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Oplismenus P. Beauv. - basketgrass
Species : Oplismenus compositus (L.) P. Beauv. - running mountaingrass
Plant Location in Melghat : At Higher elevation in Chikhaldara Tarubanda and Semadoh range  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status : UNCOMMON  
Plant Family : Gramineae  
 
Plant Common Name : K- Kombho Zara
 
Synonym : Echinochloa lanceolata (Retz.) Roem. & Schult.
Oplismenus decompositus Nees
Oplismenus elatior (Linn. f.) P. Beauv.
Oplismenus lanceolatus (Retz.) Kunth
Oplismenus pratensis (Spreng.) Schult.
Oplismenus sylvaticus (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
Orthopogon compositus (Linn.) R. Br. Orthopogon pratensis Spreng.
Panicum certificandum Steud.
Panicum compositum Linn.
Panicum elatius Linn. f.
Panicum lanceolatum Retz.
Panicum peninsulanum Steud.
Panicum sylvaticum Lam.
Description : Perennial with rambling culms 15-150 cm long. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2-15 cm long, 8-25 mm wide. Inflorescence 5-25 cm long, the lowest raceme 2.5-10 cm long, its rhachis glabrous to loosely pilose, the spikelet pairs ± distant. Spikelets lanceolate, 2.5-4 mm long, glabrous to pubescent; glumes with smooth viscid awns, the longest in each pair of spikelets 3-10 mm. Fl. & Fr. Per.: August-September.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :