Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf - rattail grass
Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf - rattail grass
Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf - rattail grass
MG067 : Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 630 |
| Synonym | : | Andropogon brownii Kunth; Andropogon macrostachyus (A.Rich.) Schweinf.; Andropogon nervosus Rottler; Andropogon nervosus Rottler ex Roem. & Schult.; Andropogon philippinensis Merr.; Andropogon robertianus Steud.; Andropogon sorghum var. nervosus (Rottler ex Roem. & Schult.) Stapf; Andropogon striatus Klein ex Willd.; Andropogon tacazensis Steud. [Illegitimate]; Hologamium nervosum (Rottler) Nees; Ischaemum laxum R.Br.; Ischaemum macrostachyum Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Ischaemum nervosum (Rottler) Thwaites; Ischaemum striatum (Willd.) Domin; Ischaemum striatum var. stenophyllum Domin; Pollinia striata (Willd.) Spreng.; Schizachyrium striatum (Willd.) Nees; Sehima macrostachyum Hochst. ex A.Rich. [Invalid]; Sehima macrostachyum Hochst. ex Hack.; Ischaemum larum R. Br.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Sheda, K- Sainar |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Tufted perennial; culms 30-100 cm high, wiry. Leaf-blades flat, 5-40. cm long wide, glaucous, long acuminate to a filiform tip. Raceme 3-12 gently curved. Sessile spikelet 6-10 mm long, laterally compressed; lower glume narrowly oblong-elliptic, thinly coriaceous with a membranous tip up to a quarto its length, 2 keeled, concave between the keels, lyrately nerved with 2-3 closely spaced nerves adjacent to each keel; upper lemma with an awn 2-4 cm long, minutely ciliolate along the spiral. Pedicelled spikelet lanceolate, 6-10 mm long, purplish, ciliate; lower glume with a mid-nerve and 2-3 conspicuous lateral nerves adjacent to each keel. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Common in Akot range ( *A very good fodder grass) |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: nutraceuticals (prebiotics xylo-oligosaccharides) 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=250070896 |
| 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 | : Sehima Forssk. |
| Species | : Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf - rattail grass |