MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MG073 : Sorghum deccanense Stapf ex Raizada |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 636 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | On hill slopes among other grasses of forest undergrowth | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Grasses | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | IUCN - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Gramineae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | - | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Sorghum purpureosericeum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf. & Asch. Andropogon pappii Gand. Andropogon purpureosericeus Hochst. ex A.Rich. Sarga purpureosericea (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Spangler Sorghum dimidiatum Stapf |
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| Description : | Annual. Culms erect; 80–150 cm long. Culm-nodes bearded. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; pilose on abaxial surface. Leaf-blades 10–50 cm long; 2–10 mm wide. Inflorescence a panicle with branches tipped by a raceme. Panicle open; oblong; 10–20 cm long. Primary panicle branches whorled at most nodes; simple. Racemes bearing 2–4 fertile spikelets on each. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; ciliate on margins. Rhachis hairs white, or red. Rhachis internodes filiform. Rhachis internode tip transverse; cupuliform. Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels filiform; ciliate. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; linear to lanceolate; 5–7 mm long; shorter than fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet glumes chartaceous; muticous. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas enclosed by glumes. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 5.5–8 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus bearded; base obtuse. Spikelet callus hairs white, or red. Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma; shiny. Lower glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; coriaceous; dark brown, or black; without keels; keel-less except near apex. Lower glume surface villous. Lower glume hairs 3–4 mm long. Lower glume apex dentate; 2 -fid; rostrate. Upper glume ovate; coriaceous; without keels. Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret elliptic; hyaline. Fertile lemma oblong; 2–4 mm long; hyaline; 1 -veined. Lemma apex dentate; 2 -fid; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 20–40 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn pubescent; hairy on the spiral. Palea absent or minute. | |||||||||||||
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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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