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Eriochloa procera
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Eriochloa procera (Retz.) C. E. Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 256. 1930; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1767(1224). 1934; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 250. 1991; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 446. 1995; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 469. 1991; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 385. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 821. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 854. 2009.
Agrostis procera Retz., Obs. Bot. 4: 19. 1786.
Eriochloa polystachya Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 20. 1896. non HBK 1816.
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Description:
Annuals or perennials. Culms 32-90 cm high, tufted; nodes glabrous. Leaves 5-21 x 0.3-0.6 cm, linear or linear-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acuminate; sheaths to 8 cm long, keeled; ligules fimbriate, membranous. Panicles 7-22 cm long, lax; rachis triquetrous, bearing paired spikelets. Spikelets 3-4 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate, green or purplish. Lower glume absent or reduced to a ring. Upper glume 3-4 x 1-1.5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved. Lower floret barren, epaleate. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma 3-3.5 x 1-1.5 mm, chartaceous. Second lemma 2-2.5 x 1 mm, ovate-oblong, crustaceous, 3-5-nerved. Palea 2-2.5 x 1 mm, ovate-oblong, crustaceous, 2-keeled. Stamens 3. Stigmas reddish-brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-March
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wetlands
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Distribution:
South-east Asia and Tropical Africa
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Rosemala, Chavara, Champakulam, Muhamma, Pullassery, Mararikulam, Karadippara, Bonaccord
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