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🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Briza bipinnata L. |
| synonym | Cynosurus durus Forssk., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Dactylis interrupta Rottler ex Stapf, pro syn. |
| synonym | Desmostachya cynosuroides (Retz.) Stapf ex Massey |
| synonym | Desmostachya pingalaiae Raole & R.J.Desai |
| synonym | Dinebra dura Lag. |
| synonym | Eragrostis bipinnata (L.) K.Schum. |
| synonym | Eragrostis cynosuroides (Retz.) P.Beauv. |
| synonym | Leptochloa bipinnata (L.) Hochst. |
| synonym | Megastachya bipinnata (L.) P.Beauv. |
| synonym | Poa cynosuroides Retz. |
| synonym | Pogonarthria bipinnata (L.) Chiov. |
| synonym | Rabdochloa bipinnata (L.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Stapfiola bipinnata (L.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Uniola bipinnata (L.) L. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Harsh tussocky rihozomatous perennial; culms stout, up to 1.2 m high. Leaf-blades up to 65 cm long, 3.8-10.5 mm wide when unrolled; lower leaf-sheaths leathery, often densely flabellate towards the base of the culm. Inflorescence up to 60 cm long; spikes clustered or spaced, 14 cm long. Spikelets 3-17-flowered, narrowly ovate to linear-oblong, 3-10 mm long; lower glume 0.7-1.5 mm long, upper glume 1.1-2.0 mm long; lemmas straw-coloured or suffused with purple, 1.8-2.7 mm long.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Cultivated
Sandy areas, also grown occasionally
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Throughout; China,indonesia, Java, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand
Indian Distribution
Cultivated
Global Distribution
Asia and Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Thrissur, Alappuzha, Palakkad, Kollam
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Siddha
Unani
Sowa-Rigpa
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Sowa-Rigpa, Siddha, Unani
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=801
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=801 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Briza pinnata L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 875. 1759.
- Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 7: 632. 1900; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 3: 1818(1259). 1934.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=801
Information Listing > References
- Briza pinnata L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 875. 1759.
- Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 7: 632. 1900; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 3: 1818(1259). 1934.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=801
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Poales |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Genus | Desmostachya |
| Species | Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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