Rottboellia exaltata (L.) L. f. - itchgrass
MG064 : Rottboellia exaltata (L.) L. f.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 627 |
| Synonym | : | Manisuris exaltata (Linn. f.) O. Ktze.;
Rottboellia arundinacea Hochst. ex A. Rich.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Tall annual supported below by stilt roots, the basal sheaths painfully hispid; clums 30 cm to 3 m high. Leaf-blades broadly linear, up to 45 cm long and 2 cm wide. Raceme 3-15 cm long, glabrous, terminating in a tail of reduced spikelets, gathered into a spatheate false panicle. Sessile spikelet oblong-elliptic, pallid; tower glume 3.5-5 mm long; upper glume with the keel narrowly winged towards the tip. Pedicelled spikelet narrowly ovate, 3-5 mm long, herbaceous, green; pedicel shorter then the internode. Fl. & Fr. Per.: September-October. |
| 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://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200026228 |
| 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 | : Rottboellia L. f. - itchgrass |
| Species | : Rottboellia exaltata (L.) L. f. - itchgrass |