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MG067 : Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 630  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Sehima Forssk.
Species : Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf - rattail grass
Plant Location in Melghat : Common in Akot range ( *A very good fodder grass)  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Gramineae  
 
Plant Common Name : Sheda, K- Sainar
 
Synonym : Andropogon brownii Kunth
Andropogon macrostachyus (A.Rich.) Schweinf.
Andropogon nervosus Rottler
Andropogon nervosus Rottler ex Roem. & Schult.
Andropogon philippinensis Merr.
Andropogon robertianus Steud.
Andropogon sorghum var. nervosus (Rottler ex Roem. & Schult.) Stapf
Andropogon striatus Klein ex Willd.
Andropogon tacazensis Steud. [Illegitimate]
Hologamium nervosum (Rottler) Nees
Ischaemum laxum R.Br.
Ischaemum macrostachyum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Ischaemum nervosum (Rottler) Thwaites
Ischaemum striatum (Willd.) Domin
Ischaemum striatum var. stenophyllum Domin
Pollinia striata (Willd.) Spreng.
Schizachyrium striatum (Willd.) Nees
Sehima macrostachyum Hochst. ex A.Rich. [Invalid]
Sehima macrostachyum Hochst. ex Hack.
Ischaemum larum R. Br.
Description : Tufted perennial; culms 30-100 cm high, wiry. Leaf-blades flat, 5-40. cm long wide, glaucous, long acuminate to a filiform tip. Raceme 3-12 gently curved. Sessile spikelet 6-10 mm long, laterally compressed; lower glume narrowly oblong-elliptic, thinly coriaceous with a membranous tip up to a quarto its length, 2 keeled, concave between the keels, lyrately nerved with 2-3 closely spaced nerves adjacent to each keel; upper lemma with an awn 2-4 cm long, minutely ciliolate along the spiral. Pedicelled spikelet lanceolate, 6-10 mm long, purplish, ciliate; lower glume with a mid-nerve and 2-3 conspicuous lateral nerves adjacent to each keel.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : nutraceuticals (prebiotics xylo-oligosaccharides)
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :