Acrachne racemosa (Roem. & Schult.) Ohwi - goosegrass
MG001 : Acrachne racemosa (Roem. & Schult.) Ohwi
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 550 |
| Synonym | : | Eleusine racemosa B. Heyne ex Roth; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chinkhe, Jaura |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | A grass with culms erect, round, smooth. Leaves : Bifarious
Inflorescence and Flowers :
Spikelets, numerous, panicled.
Panicle erect, oblong, composed of many verticilled, expanding, round, sessile, linear spikes. Spikelets imbricated in two rows on the underside of the spikes.
Calyx from 8-12 flowered, corol-like.
Corol, exterior valve ending in a long dagger, inner valve membranaceous.
Fruit : Seeds oblong, wrinkled, arilled.
Flowering and Fruiting Time : October |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Gerenal debility (Vardhana, 2008) |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus | : Acrachne Chiov. - goosegrass |
| Species | : Acrachne racemosa (Roem. & Schult.) Ohwi - goosegrass |