Sorghum deccanense Stapf ex Raizada
MG073 : Sorghum deccanense Stapf ex Raizada
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 636 |
| Synonym | : | Sorghum purpureosericeum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf. & Asch.;
Andropogon pappii Gand.;
Andropogon purpureosericeus Hochst. ex A.Rich.;
Sarga purpureosericea (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Spangler;
Sorghum dimidiatum Stapf; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Annual. Culms erect; 80–150 cm long. Culm-nodes bearded. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; pilose on abaxial surface. Leaf-blades 10–50 cm long; 2–10 mm wide. Inflorescence a panicle with branches tipped by a raceme. Panicle open; oblong; 10–20 cm long. Primary panicle branches whorled at most nodes; simple.
Racemes bearing 2–4 fertile spikelets on each. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; ciliate on margins. Rhachis hairs white, or red. Rhachis internodes filiform. Rhachis internode tip transverse; cupuliform. Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels filiform; ciliate. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; linear to lanceolate; 5–7 mm long; shorter than fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet glumes chartaceous; muticous. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas enclosed by glumes. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 5.5–8 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus bearded; base obtuse. Spikelet callus hairs white, or red. Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma; shiny. Lower glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; coriaceous; dark brown, or black; without keels; keel-less except near apex. Lower glume surface villous. Lower glume hairs 3–4 mm long. Lower glume apex dentate; 2 -fid; rostrate. Upper glume ovate; coriaceous; without keels. Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret elliptic; hyaline. Fertile lemma oblong; 2–4 mm long; hyaline; 1 -veined. Lemma apex dentate; 2 -fid; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 20–40 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn pubescent; hairy on the spiral. Palea absent or minute. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On hill slopes among other grasses of forest undergrowth |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | IUCN - Least Concern |
| 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/imp11154.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 | : |
| Order | : Poales |
| Family | : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus | : Sorghum |
| Species | : Sorghum deccanense Stapf ex Raizada |