Spodiopogon rhizophorus (Steud.) Pilg.
Spodiopogon rhizophorus (Steud.) Pilg.
MG075 : Spodiopogon rhizophorus (Steud.) Pilg.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 638 |
| Synonym | : | Andropogon albidus Wall. [Invalid]; Andropogon rhizophorus Steud.;
Spodiopogon albidus Benth.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K- Math Zara, |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Annual. Culms decumbent; 20–70 cm long. Culm-nodes glabrous. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, or hispid; outer margin hairy. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 4 mm long. Leaf-blade base with a false petiole. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or elliptic; 4–27 cm long; 6–27 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or hispid. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Inflorescence a panicle with branches tipped by a raceme. Panicle open; lanceolate, or oblong; 3–15 cm long.
Racemes bearing few fertile spikelets. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; flattened; ciliate on margins. Rhachis internodes clavate; 3–3.25 mm long. Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile and pedicelled; 2 in the cluster. Pedicels clavate; flattened; 2.5–3 mm long; ciliate (brown hairs); tip cupuliform. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate, or elliptic; dorsally compressed; 5–5.5 mm long; falling entire; deciduous from the base, or with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus pilose; base obtuse; inserted. Spikelet callus hairs 1 mm long. Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume linear, or elliptic; 1 length of spikelet; chartaceous; pallid; without keels; 7 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins ribbed. Lower glume surface pilose. Lower glume apex truncate; muticous, or mucronate. Upper glume lanceolate; chartaceous; pallid; without keels; 7 -veined. Upper glume primary vein ciliate. Upper glume lateral veins ribbed. Upper glume apex acute; mucronate. Basal sterile florets male; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret oblong, or ovate; 3–3.25 mm long; 0.6 length of spikelet; hyaline; 0 -veined; without midvein; without lateral veins; truncate. Fertile lemma lanceolate, or oblong; 3.75–4 mm long; hyaline. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; incised 0.5–0.6 of lemma length; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 10–11 mm long overall; with twisted column. Palea lanceolate; 0.75 length of lemma; hyaline; 0 -veined; without keels. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Better represented at higher elevations in Chikhaldara,Tarubandha and Semadoh ranges |
| 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/imp09578.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 | : Spodiopogon |
| Species | : Spodiopogon rhizophorus (Steud.) Pilg. |