Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MG046 : Ischaemum pilosum Nees ex Trimen

Plant Category : Grasses

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 608

Synonym : Ischaemum polystachyum J.Presl, Reliq. Haenk.; Andropogon arcuatus (Nees) Steud.; Andropogon bourouensis Steud.; Andropogon chordatus (Trin.) Steud.; Andropogon fasciculatus (Brongn.) Steud. [Illegitimate]; Andropogon mariannae Steud.; Andropogon medius Steud.; Andropogon paniceus Steud.; Andropogon submembranaceus Steud.; Argopogon vuilletii Mimeur; Ischaemopogon arcuatus (Nees) Griseb.; Ischaemopogon arcuatus (Nees) B.D. Jacks.; Ischaemum arcuatum (Nees) Stapf; Ischaemum chordatum (Trin.) Hack. ex Warb.; Ischaemum digitatum Brongn. .; Ischaemum duthiei Stapf ex Bor; Ischaemum fasciculatum Brongn. .; Ischaemum hirtum Hack.; Ischaemum intermedium Brongn.; Ischaemum junodii Hack.; Ischaemum lacei Stapf ex Bor; Ischaemum mellei Stent; Ischaemum nilagiricum Hack.; Ischaemum paniceum Chauv. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Ischaemum plumulosum Stapf ex Ridl.; Ischaemum polystachyum var. chordatum (Trin.) Fosberg & Sachet ..; Ischaemum purpurascens Stapf; Ischaemum rivale Hack.; Ischaemum stipitatum Chiov.; Ischaemum taborense Pilg.; Ischaemum tallanum Rendle; Ischaemum timorense var. chordatum (Trin.) Hack.; Ischaemum todayense Elmer; Ischaemum turneri Hack.; Microstegium rupestre (Ridl.) A.Camus; Pollinia rupestris Ridl.; Spodiopogon arcuatus Nees; Spodiopogon chordatus Trin.; Spodiopogon rivalis Thwaites ex Hack. [Invalid]; Spodiopogon rivalis (Hack.) Thwait ex Ferguson;

Plant Common Name : Kunda

Plant Family : Poaceae / Gramineae

Description : Tall, tufted, erect or geniculate herbs. Leaves : Linear, flat, glabrous. Flowers : Racemes 2-3 fascicled, yellow-brown or brownish, pilose. Sessile spikelet, lanceolate, with bearded callus, pedicellate spikelet, usually with shorter awn. Flowering and Fruiting Time : September-January

Plant Location in Melghat : Present in cultivated fields from Dhargad, Gularghat

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Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.efloraofgandhinagar.in/herb/ischaemum-afrum

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 / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Ischaemum
Species : Ischaemum pilosum

Ischaemum pilosum
Ischaemum pilosum