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Fimbristylis polytrichoides
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Family:
CYPERACEAE
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Citation: Fimbristylis polytrichoides (Retz.) Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 248. 1805; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 632. 1893; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 323. 1982; Rejani, Cyperac. Kerala 293. 1991; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 781. 2009.
Scirpus polytrichoides Retz., Obs. Bot. 4: 11. 1786.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Padappan potta
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Marsh sedge
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Description:
Stem tufted, setaceous, 10-40 cm, slender, 0.5 mm wide, glabrous, incrassate at base. Leaves canaliculated, acicular, 4-20 cm, apex acute; ligule shortly hairy; sheaths membranous. Inflorescence terminal or pseudolateral, with a solitary spikelet; involucral bract 1, stiff, 1-2 cm, overtopping or not. Spikelet oblong-ovoid, subterete, to 1 cm, acute; rachilla winged; glumes lanceolate, to 3 mm, thin, side nerveless, apically puberulous, stramineous or pinkish, apex obtuse; keel 1-3-nerved. Stamens 2; filaments to 3 mm; anthers to 1 mm. Style 2-fid, apex shortly ciliate, base dilated. Nut obovoid, biconvex, to 1 mm, acutely angled, grey-fulvous, verruculose, obscurely striate, with isodiametric cells, umbonulate, shortly stipitate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-November
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Alappuzha, Kannur, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Sandy shores and rock crevices near sea and mangrove forests
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Distribution:
Tropical Africa and Asia
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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:
Pallithode
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