Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. - Kyasuma grass
Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. - Kyasuma grass
MG062 : Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 625 |
| Synonym | : | Eriochaeta secundiflora Figari & De Notaris;
Pennisetum amoenum A. Rich.;
Pennisetum densiflorum (Figari & DeNot) T. Durand & Schinz;
Pennisetum dillonii Steud.;
Pennisetum implicatum Steud.;
Pennisetum lanuginosum Hochst.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K- Mohda Zara, deenanath grass, desho or as desho grass |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Annual. Culms geniculately ascending; 30–150 cm long. Lateral branches ample. Ligule a ciliate membrane. Leaf-blades 5–25 cm long; 4–15 mm wide. Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle spiciform; linear; straight, or curved; 5–15 cm long. Primary panicle branches accrescent to a central axis; with sessile scars on axis. Panicle axis with briefly decurrent ribs; glabrous; bearing deciduous spikelet clusters. Spikelets subtended by an involucre. Fertile spikelets sessile and pedicelled; 1–5 in the cluster; 0–1 sessile. Involucre composed of bristles; ovate; 5–10 mm long; base obtuse. Involucral bristles deciduous with the fertile spikelets; numerous; 15–25 in principal whorl; with one conspicuously longer bristle; 16–24 mm long; terete; flexible; woolly. Pedicels 0.5–3.5 mm long. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 3.5–6 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures; readily shedding fertile florets. Glumes dissimilar; reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate, or oblong; 1–3 mm long; 0.33–0.5 length of spikelet; hyaline; without keels; 0–1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume surface pubescent; hairy below. Lower glume apex emarginate, or obtuse, or acute. Upper glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 5–7 -veined. Upper glume surface pubescent; hairy below. Upper glume margins eciliate, or ciliate. Upper glume apex acute; muticous, or mucronate. Basal sterile florets male, or barren; with palea, or without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume; oblong; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 5 -veined; puberulous; dentate; 3 -fid. Fertile lemma lanceolate; 2.5–3 mm long; coriaceous; shiny; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma margins flat. Lemma apex obtuse. Palea coriaceous. FLOWER Lodicules absent. Anthers 3; 1.5–2.5 mm long; anther tip smooth. |
| 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/imp07786.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 | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus | : Pennisetum Rich. ex Pers. - fountaingrass |
| Species | : Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. - Kyasuma grass |