Melghat Plant Data Bank

Plant Category	:	Grasses
Melghat's Flora's Serial No.	:	631
Synonym	:	Ischaemum sulcatum Hack.;
Plant Common Name	:	Pawana, K- Sainar
Plant Family	:	Poaceae / Gramineae
Description	:	Perennial; caespitose. Culms 50-120 cm long. Culm-nodes glabrous. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades 8-28 cm long; 2-5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes 1; single; 4-9 cm long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; semiterete; ciliate on margins. Rhachis internodes columnar; 4.5-5 mm long. Rhachis internode tip oblique; crateriform. Spikelets appressed; in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels cuneate; flattened; ciliate; tip rectangular. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 9.5-10 mm long; as long as fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet glumes coriaceous; distinctly veined; 7 -veined; setaceously attenuate. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas 2; enclosed by glumes; muticous. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 9.5-10 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus square; glabrous; base obtuse; inserted. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 9.5-10 mm long; as long as fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet glumes coriaceous; distinctly veined; 7 -veined; setaceously attenuate. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas 2; enclosed by glumes; muticous. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 9.5-10 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus square; glabrous; base obtuse; inserted. Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; coriaceous; much thinner above; 2-keeled; keeled above; keeled laterally; 5 -veined. Lower glume primary vein scaberulous. Lower glume lateral veins branching above (obscurely); intercarinal veins absent below, prominent above. Lower glume surface convex and with a longitudinal median groove. Lower glume apex dentate; 2 -fid; setaceously attenuate. Upper glume lanceolate; chartaceous; 1-keeled; 3-5 -veined. Upper glume apex acute; awned; 1 -awned. Upper glume awn 12-14 mm long. Basal sterile florets male; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret lanceolate; 5.8-6.3 mm long; hyaline; 2 -veined; ciliolate on margins. Palea of lower sterile floret 1 length of lemma. Fertile lemma oblong; 4.3-4.8 mm long; hyaline; without keel; 3 -veined. Lemma margins ciliate. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; incised 0.33 of lemma length; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 30-35 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn glabrous. Palea 1 length of lemma; hyaline. Flowers -Anthers 3; 3.3-3.8 mm long.
Plant Location in Melghat	:	Common in Akot range ( *A very good fodder grass)
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://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:63644 3#descriptions
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 sulcatum (Hack.) A.Camus

Sehima sulcatum (Hack.) A.Camus

MG068 : Sehima sulcatum (Hack.) A.Camus