Sporobolus coromandelianus auct. non (Retz.) Kunth
MG076 : Sporobolus coromandelianus auct. non (Retz.) Kunth
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 639 |
| Synonym | : | Agrostis coromandeliana Retz.;
Agrostis rura Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.;
Sporobolus commutatus (Trin.) Kunth;
Sporobolus javensis Ohwi;
Sporobolus parvulus Stent;
Sporobolus violascens Mez;
Vilfa commutata Trin.;
Vilfa coromandeliana (Retz.) P.Beauv.;
Vilfa discospora Nees ex Trin.;
Vilfa roxburghiana Nees ex Steud.;
Vilfa roxburghiana Nees ex Wight;
Vilfa roxburghii Trin.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Tufted annual; culms 7-20 cm high, erect or ascending. Leaf-blades broadly linear, 2-10 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, the margin scabrid or with a few long stiff hairs near the base. Panicle ovate, 2-8 cm long; primary branches in whorls, spreading horizontally soon after emergence from the uppermost leaf-sheath. Spikelets 1-1.4 mm long, glabrous or scaberulous, greyish green; lower glume a minute oblong scale, 0.1-0.5 mm long; upper glume oblong-elliptic, as long as the spikelet; lemma similar, but a little shorter; anthers 3,0.2-03 mm long. Grain obovoid, 0.7-0.8 mm long. Fl. & Fr. Per.: May-September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On open moist lands and in fields |
| 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=250070966 |
| 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 | : Sporobolus R. Br. - dropseed |
| Species | : Sporobolus coromandelianus auct. non (Retz.) Kunth |