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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MG071 : Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 634  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Setaria P. Beauv. - bristlegrass
Species : Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv. - hooked bristlegrass
Plant Location in Melghat : Occasional around villages in hedges and on rubbish  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Gramineae  
 
Plant Common Name : Chikta,K-Ludi Zara, Laptuna,Latkaunya, bristly foxtail and hooked bristle grass, Chirchira, Barchitta,
 
Synonym : Alopecurus paniceus (L.) L.
Chaetochloa ambigua (Guss.) Scribn. & Merr.
Chaetochloa brevispica Scribn. & Merr.
Chaetochloa verticillata (L.) Scribn.
Chamaeraphis verticillata (L.) Porter Cynosurus paniceus L.
Ixophorus verticillatus (L.) Nash
Panicum acuminatissimum Nees ex Döll nom. inval.
Panicum adhaerens Forssk.
Panicum albospiculatum Swallen
Panicum ambiguum (Guss.) Hausskn. nom. illeg.
Panicum aparine Steud.
Panicum apricum Swallen
Panicum asperum Lam.
Panicum bambusifolium Desv.
Panicum decipiens (F.W.Schultz)
E.H.L.Krause nom. illeg.
Panicum floribundum Willd. ex Spreng. nom. inval.
Panicum italicum Ucria nom. illeg.
Panicum kleinii Swallen
Panicum pompale Swallen
Panicum respiciens (A.Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud.
Panicum rottleri (Spreng.) Nees nom. illeg.
Panicum rude Lam. ex Steud. nom. inval. Panicum secundum Trin.
Panicum semitectum Swallen nom. illeg.
Panicum vagum Scop. nom. illeg.
Panicum verticillatum L.
Panicum viride Desf. nom. illeg.
Pennisetum respiciens A.Rich.
Pennisetum verticillatum (L.) R.Br.
Setaria adhaerens (Forssk.) Chiov.
Setaria ambigua (Guss.) Guss. nom. illeg.
Setaria aparine (Steud.) Chiov.
Setaria brevispica (Scribn. & Merr.) K.Schum.
Setaria carnei Hitchc.
Setaria conglomerata Fr. ex Schltdl.
Setaria decipiens F.W.Schultz
Setaria decipiens Schimp. ex Morariu nom. illeg.
Setaria depauperata Phil.
Setaria floribunda Spreng.
Setaria gussonei Kerguélen
Setaria nubica Link
Setaria panicea (L.) Schinz & Thell.
Setaria pratensis Phil.
Setaria pseudoverticillata Schltdl. nom. inval.
Setaria respiciens (A.Rich.) Walp.
Setaria rottleri Spreng.
Setaria teysmannii Miq.
Setaria verticilliformis Dumort.
Setariopsis verticillata (L.) Samp.
Description : Loosely tufted annual; culms 10-100 cm high or more, geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades broadly linear, 5-30 cm long, 4-16 mm wide, flaccid, glabrous to loosely pilose; sheaths glabrous to pubescent. Panicle spiciform, linear to untidily lobed, 2-15 cm long, often entangled, the rhachis hispidulous; bristles 3-8 mm long, retrorsely barbed, tenaciously clinging. Spikelets ellipsoid, 1.5-2.5 mm long; lower glume one-third to half as long as the spikelet; upper glume as long as the spikelet; lower floret barren, the palea minute; upper lemma finely rugose. Fl. & Fr. Per.: throughout much of the year.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : rheumatism, psoriasis and chronic eruptions
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :