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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MG142 : Chionachne gigantea (J.Koenig) Veldkamp

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae
Genus : Chionachne
Species : Chionachne gigantea (J.Koenig) Veldkamp
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status : IUCN Red List - Least Concern  
Plant Family : POACEAE  

 
Plant Common Name : Garolu
 
Synonym : Chionachne barbata (Roxb.) R.Br.
Chionachne koenigii (Spreng.) Thwaites
Coix arundinacea J.Koenig ex Willd., nom. illeg.
Coix barbata Roxb.
Coix crypsoides Müll.Hal.
Coix gigantea J.Koenig
Coix koenigii Spreng.
Coix lacryma-jobi var. gigantea (J.Koenig) Stapf
Polytoca barbata (Roxb.) Stapf
Sphaerium giganteum (J.Koenig) Kuntze


Description : Perennial, monoecious herb. Culms erect and near the top, bowing a little, ramous, jointed, smooth, joints sometimes bearded. Sheathing, narrow keeled; margins armed with small prickles, on the upper side sometimes a few, sometimes numerous, stiff, white hairs, mouths of the sheaths slightly bearded. Spikes numerous, pedicelled, terminal, and from the exterior axils, forming altogether a large linear panicle, collected in fascicles of from two to six on a common peduncle, and embraced by a common spathe. Pedicels compressed, jointed near the top and there a partial spathe, their insertions are intermixed with lanceolate, chaffy scales. Flowering and Fruiting Time : September - October
 
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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 :