Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. - smut grass
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. - smut grass
MG077 : Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 640 |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | smut grass, |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennials. Culms 30-75 cm high, erect tufted; nodes glabrous. Leaves 6-34 x 0.2-0.6 cm, linear-lanceolate or oblong, apex acuminate, flat or convolute, glaucous; sheaths to 9 cm long; ligules membranous, fimbriate. Panicles 10-33 cm long, pyramidal, effuse. Spikelets 1-2 mm long, ellipsoid, greyish, 1-flowered. Lower glume c. 0.5 mm long, oblong. Upper glume c. 1 mm long, ovate. Lemma 1.5-2 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate. Palea c. 1.5 mm long, elliptic, stamens 2. Grains to 1 mm long, oblong. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In moist, open situations, cultivated fields, riverbeds |
| 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 |
| 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 indicus (L.) R. Br. - smut grass |