MG068 : Sehima sulcatum (Hack.) A.Camus |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
631 |
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| Class |
: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Order |
: Cyperales |
| Family |
: Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus |
: Sehima Forssk. |
| Species |
: Sehima sulcatum (Hack.) A.Camus |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Common in Akot range ( *A very good fodder grass) |
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| Plant Category : |
Grasses |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
- |
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| Plant Family : |
Gramineae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
Pawana, K- Sainar |
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| Synonym : |
Ischaemum sulcatum Hack.
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| Description : |
Perennial; caespitose. Culms 50-120 cm long. Culm-nodes glabrous. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades 8-28 cm long; 2-5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes 1; single; 4-9 cm long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; semiterete; ciliate on margins. Rhachis internodes columnar; 4.5-5 mm long. Rhachis internode tip oblique; crateriform. Spikelets appressed; in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels cuneate; flattened; ciliate; tip rectangular. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 9.5-10 mm long; as long as fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet glumes coriaceous; distinctly veined; 7 -veined; setaceously attenuate. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas 2; enclosed by glumes; muticous. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 9.5-10 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus square; glabrous; base obtuse; inserted. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 9.5-10 mm long; as long as fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet glumes coriaceous; distinctly veined; 7 -veined; setaceously attenuate. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas 2; enclosed by glumes; muticous. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 9.5-10 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus square; glabrous; base obtuse; inserted. Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; coriaceous; much thinner above; 2-keeled; keeled above; keeled laterally; 5 -veined. Lower glume primary vein scaberulous. Lower glume lateral veins branching above (obscurely); intercarinal veins absent below, prominent above. Lower glume surface convex and with a longitudinal median groove. Lower glume apex dentate; 2 -fid; setaceously attenuate. Upper glume lanceolate; chartaceous; 1-keeled; 3-5 -veined. Upper glume apex acute; awned; 1 -awned. Upper glume awn 12-14 mm long. Basal sterile florets male; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret lanceolate; 5.8-6.3 mm long; hyaline; 2 -veined; ciliolate on margins. Palea of lower sterile floret 1 length of lemma. Fertile lemma oblong; 4.3-4.8 mm long; hyaline; without keel; 3 -veined. Lemma margins ciliate. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; incised 0.33 of lemma length; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 30-35 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn glabrous. Palea 1 length of lemma; hyaline. Flowers -Anthers 3; 3.3-3.8 mm long. |
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| Reference : |
~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :
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