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MG024 : Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A.Camus

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 585  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Dichanthium Willem. - bluestem
Species : Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A. Camus
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Gramineae  
 
Plant Common Name : Mothi Marvel, bluestem, nadi blue grass, Antigua hay grass, jiribilla, roadside bluestem, nawai grass
 
Synonym : Andropogon annulatus var. subrepens Hack.
Andropogon binatus Roxb. [Illegitimate]
Andropogon caricosus L.
Andropogon curvatus Russell ex Wall. [Invalid]
Andropogon depressus Steud.
Andropogon filiformis Pers.
Andropogon serratus Retz. [Illegitimate]
Andropogon tenellus Roxb.
Apocopis pallida Hook.f.
Dichanthium caricosum var. mollicomum
Dichanthium caricosum var. theinlwinii (Bor) de Wet & Harlan
Dichanthium pallidum (Hook.f.) Stapf ex C.E.C.Fisch.
Dichanthium theinlwinii Bor
Heteropogon concinnus Thwaites
Heteropogon tenellus (Roxb.) Schult.
Lepeocercis serrata Trin.
Sorghum caricosum (L.) Kuntze
Description : Perennial, stoloniferous. Culms tufted at nodes of stolons, geniculately ascending, 30–60 cm tall, nodes glabrous or pubescent. Leaf sheaths compressed, keeled, shorter than internodes; leaf blades flat, 15–20 cm × 2.5–5 mm, glabrous or with a few hairs at base, margins smooth or scabrid, apex acuminate; ligule less than 1 mm, margin ciliate. Inflorescence terminal; peduncle glabrous; racemes (1–)2–4, 2.5–5 cm, with 1–3 pairs of homogamous spikelets. Sessile spikelet 3–3.5 mm; lower glume obovate-elliptic or obovate-oblong, papery, 8–12-veined, glabrous or often sparsely hirsute on lower back, slightly glossy, margins shortly ciliate, keels winged, apex rounded; upper glume ciliate above middle, apex obtuse; awn 1.5–2.5 cm, weakly geniculate. Caryopsis obovate-oblong. Pedicelled spikelet many-veined, resembling sessile. Fl. and fr. Oct–Mar. 2n = 20, 40.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :