MG055 : Panicum phoiniclados Naik & Patunkar |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
618 |
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| Class |
: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Order |
: Poales |
| Family |
: Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus |
: Panicum |
| Species |
: Panicum phoiniclados Naik & Patunkar |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Along water margins of streams in Rangubeli |
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| Plant Category : |
Grasses |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
UNCOMMON |
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| Plant Family : |
Gramineae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
- |
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| Synonym : |
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| Description : |
Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Rhizomes short. Culms erect; 60–120 cm long; woody. Culm-nodes glabrous. Lateral branches ample; arising from mid culm and upper culm. Leaf-sheaths without keel; glabrous on surface. Ligule a ciliate membrane; 0.6–0.9 mm long. Collar glabrous. Leaf-blades erect, or ascending, or spreading; 10–40 cm long; 3–8 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle contracted; linear; 5–28 cm long. Primary panicle branches appressed. Panicle branches scabrous.
Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate, or elliptic; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 2.4–2.8 mm long; falling entire. Glumes reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 0.6–1 mm long; 0.4 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex cuspidate. Upper glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 7–9 -veined. Upper glume apex acute. |
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| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : |
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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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