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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH363 : Mariscus sumatrensis (Retz.) J. Raynal

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Cyperaceae - Sedge family
Genus : Mariscus
Species : Mariscus sumatrensis (Retz.) J. Raynal
Plant Location in Melghat : Chikhaldara  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Red List Category - Least Concern  
Plant Family : Cyperaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Cyperus cyperoides (L.) Kuntze.
Kyllinga sumatrensis Retz.
Mariscus sieberianus Nees ex C.B.Cl.
Description : Parennial rhizomatous herbs, 45 cm tall. Leaves linear. Inflorescence of compound umbels. Nuts trigonous green. Stoloniferous herbs, stolen covered with brown scales. Leaves to 3.5 x 0.5 cm. Umbels terminal, rays usually 9; bracts 4-8, 5-25 cm long; spikelets one flowered, deciduous above the 2 basal glumes, leaving a knob; basal glumes 1 and 0.75 mm, distichous, nut bearing glumes 3 mm, one nerved; stamens 3; ovary 1 mm, ovoid. Nut 2 mm, brown.
 
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Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :