Capillipedium huegelii (Hack.) A.Camus
Capillipedium huegelii (Hack.) A.Camus
Capillipedium huegelii (Hack.) A.Camus
MG012 : Capillipedium huegelii (Hack.) A.Camus
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 571 |
| Synonym | : | Andropogon foetidus Lisboa [Invalid]; Andropogon huegelii Hack.; Andropogon huegelii var. foetidus Hack. ex Lisboa; Andropogon schmidii Hook.f.; Capillipedium foetidium (Lisboa) Raiz. & Jain; Capillipedium foetidum (Lisboa) Raizada & S.K.Jain; Capillipedium hugelii (Hack.) Stapf; Capillipedium parviflorum f. huegelii (Hack.) Roberty; Capillipedium schmidii (Hook.f.) Stapf; Dichanthium huegelii (Hack.) S.K.Jain & Deshp.; Sorghum huegelii (Hack.) Kuntze |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae |
| Description | : | Annual. Culms decumbent; 80–100 cm long; rooting from lower nodes. Culm-nodes bearded. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blades 10–15 cm long; 8–12 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface scabrous; rough on both sides. Inflorescence a panicle with branches tipped by a raceme. anicle open; oblong; 8–12 cm long.
Racemes 0.7 cm long; bearing few fertile spikelets; bearing 2–3 fertile spikelets on each. Rhachis ciliate on margins. Rhachis internodes linear; 3 mm long.
Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels linear; 3 mm long; with a translucent median line (also present in internodes); ciliate. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; lanceolate; 3–4 mm long; as long as fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet glumes 9 -veined; pubescent. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas enclosed by glumes. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets oblong; dorsally compressed; 3–4 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus pilose; base obtuse; attached transversely. Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume oblong; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 7 -veined. Lower glume surface concave; pubescent; hairy below. Upper glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret oblong; hyaline; 0 -veined; without midvein; without lateral veins. Fertile lemma linear; hyaline; without keel; 1 -veined. Lemma apex entire; acute; awned. Principal lemma awn geniculate; 14–16 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn glabrous. Palea absent or minute. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| 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
- http://static1.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp02010.htm |
| 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 | : |
| Order | : Poales |
| Family | : Poaceae |
| Genus | : Capillipedium |
| Species | : Capillipedium huegelii (Hack.) A.Camus |