| |
Themeda cymbaria
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
|
| |
Citation: Themeda cymbaria (Roxb.) Hack. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 6:668.1889; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1746(1210). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 485. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 365. 1988; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 196. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 561. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 453. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 397. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 550. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 360. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 847. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 1018. 2009.
Anthistiria cymbaria Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 255. 1820.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
|
| |
Description:
Perennial herbs; culms 60-250 cm high, stout, densely tufted. Leaves up to 120 x 1 cm, linear- lanceolate, nerves and margins sharply scabrous; sheath acutely keeled, glabrous; ligule membranous. Panicle 30-80 cm long, lax, bracts brown, boat-shaped; racemes 5-8 mm long, clustered. Involucral spikelets 4 x 1 mm, at different levels. Glumes subequal, glabrous; containing a male florets. Sessile bisexual spikelets 4-5 x 1 mm, with dense white callus hairs; lower glumes 4 x 1 mm, lanceolate, hirtus, coriaceous; first lemma oblong, chartaceous; second lemma awned; awn to 20 mm long.
|
| |
Habit:
Herb
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
|
| |
District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Kannur
|
| |
Medicinal:
|
| |
Habitat:
Grasslands
|
| |
Distribution:
Peninsular India
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
No
|
| |
Vegetable:
No
|
| |
Endemic to:
Peninsular India
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
500-1200
|
| |
Localities:
Choodal, Alampetty, Thannikkudy, Valiyaparathode, Peermade, Ponnambalamedu, Mannarapara, Boneccord, Kottur R.F., Hereford, Ariankavu, Thenmalai, Vandalodu, Athirumala, Attayar
|