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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MG139 : Paspalum scrobiculatum

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae
Genus : Paspalum
Species : Paspalum scrobiculatum L.
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : POACEAE  
 
Plant Common Name :
 
Synonym : Paspalum adelogaeum Steud.
Paspalum akoense Hayata
Paspalum amazonicum Trin.
Paspalum auriculatum J.Presl
Paspalum barbatum Schumach., nom. illeg.
Paspalum borbonicum Steud.
Paspalum boscianum Flüggé
Paspalum cartilagineum J.Presl
Paspalum cartilagineum var. biglumaceum Fosberg & Sachet
Paspalum coloratum Rich. ex Döll, pro syn.
Paspalum commersonii Lam.
Paspalum commersonii var. hirsutum Jansen
Paspalum commersonii var. polystachyum (R.Br.) Stapf
Paspalum commersonii var. turgidum (Buse) Jansen
Paspalum commutatum Nees
Paspalum confertum Leconte
Paspalum coromandelinum Lam.
Paspalum deightonii (C.E.Hubb.) Clayton
Paspalum dissectum var. grande Nees
Paspalum firmum Trin.
Paspalum frumentaceum Rottler ex P.Beauv, pro syn.
Paspalum horneri Henrard
Paspalum jardinii Steud.
Paspalum kora Willd.
Paspalum ledermannii Mez
Paspalum longifolium var. pseudo-orbiculare Jansen
Paspalum mauritanicum Nees ex Steud., nom. superfl.
Paspalum metabolon Steud.
Paspalum metzii Steud.
Paspalum moratii Toutain
Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst.
Paspalum orbiculare var. cartilagineum (J.Presl) Summerh. & C.E.Hubb.
Paspalum palustre Vanderyst, nom. provis.
Paspalum polo F.M.Bailey
Paspalum polystachyum R.Br.
Paspalum puberulum Roem. & Schult.
Paspalum pubescens R.Br., nom. illeg.
Paspalum purpurascens Elliott
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. auriculatum (J.Presl) Merr.
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. bispiculatum Hack.
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. commersonii (Lam.) Stapf
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. deightonii C.E.Hubb.
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. frumentaceum Stapf, nom. inval.
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. gracillimum Domin
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. horneri (Henrard) de Koning & Sosef
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. jardinii (Steud.) Franch.
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. orbiculare (G.Forst.) Hack.
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. polystachyum (R.Br.) A.Chev.
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. turgidum Buse
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. velutinum Hack.
Paspalum serpens J.Presl ex Trin.
Paspalum thunbergii var. minus Makino, nom. nud.
Paspalum virgatum Walter, nom. illeg.
Paspalum virgatum var. latifolium Alph.Wood
Paspalum virgatum var. purpurascens (Elliott) Alph.Wood
Paspalum zollingeri Steud.
Description : Annuals or perennials. Culms 15-80 cm high, tufted, erect or creeping and rooting at the lower nodes; nodes glabrous. Leaves 3.5-36 x 0.4-1 cm, lanceolate to linear, base rounded, apex acuminate; sheaths to 15 cm long; ligules membranous, ciliate. Racemes usually 2, rarely 3-5, 2.5-7 cm long; rachis flat. Spikelets 2-ranked or 3-ranked, 2-3.5 mm long, ovate-orbicular or obovate, obtuse. Lower glume absent. Upper glume 2-3.5 x 2-2.5 mm, ovate or orbicular, membranous. Lower floret barren. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma 2-3.5 x 2-2.5 mm, ovate or orbicular, crustaceous. Palea 2-2.5 x 1.5-2 mm, ovate or orbicular, crustaceous, inflexed. Stamens 3; anthers yellow or brown. Ovary c. 0.5 mm long; stigmas cream yellow or violet in colour.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Seed - eaten cooked, it can be used like rice, boiled or parched and ground into flour. It can also be popped like popcorn.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Phytosterols
1-Hentriacontanol
Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :