MPdb: Melghat's Plant databank

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MG060 : Paspalum distichum L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

623

Class	: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order	: Cyperales
Family	: Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus	: Paspalum L. - crowngrass
Species	: Paspalum distichum L. - knotgrass

Plant Location in Melghat :

Along pond margins

Plant Category :

Grasses

Plant's Current Status :

Plant Family :

Gramineae

Plant Common Name :

K- Koda

Synonym :

Paspalum paspalodes (Michx.)
Digitaria paspalodes Michx.

Description :

Creeping stoloniferous perennial; culms 6-50 cm high. Leaf-blades 5-20 cm long, 2.5.6.5 mm wide. Inflorescence composed of 2(4) conjugate racemes, each raceme 1.5-7 cm long, the spikelets single in 2 rows on a flattened rhachis 1-2 mm wide. Spikelets ovate, 2.5-3.5 mm long, plano-convex, relatively plump, pale-green; lower glume often present as a small scale; upper glume appressed-puberulent, herbaceous, with a distinct mid-vein; lower lemma similar but glabrous: upper lemma smooth, pallid at maturity. Fl. & Fr. Per.: April-May and again August-September.

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Reference :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :