Urochloa panicoides P. Beauv. - panic liverseed grass
Urochloa panicoides P. Beauv. - panic liverseed grass
Urochloa panicoides P. Beauv. - panic liverseed grass
MG083 : Urochloa panicoides P. Beauv.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 648 |
| Synonym | : | Panicum helopus Trin.;
Panicum hirsutum Koen. ex Roxb.;
Panicum javanicum Poir.;
Panicum panicoides (P. Beauv.) Hitchc.;
Panicum rothii Spreng.;
Urochloa helopus (Trin.) Stapf;
Urochloa marathensis Henr.;
Urochloa marathensis var. velutina Henr.;
Urochloa panicoides var. marathensis (Henr.) Bor.;
Urochloa panicoides var. pubescens (Kunth) Bor;
Urochloa panicoides var. velutina (Henr.) Bor;
Urochloa pubescens Kunth; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K- Chatulatu |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Tufted annual; culms 10-100 cm high, often ascending from prostrate rooting base. Leaf-blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2-15 cm long, 5-15 mm wide, subamplexicaul, coarse, glabrous or pubescent, the margins tuberculate-ciliate at least near the base. Inflorescence of 2-7 (-10 or rarely more) racemes on a common axis 1-6 cm long; racemes 1-6 cm long, bearing single or sometimes paired spikelets on a narrowly winged rhachis, the pedicels (sometimes also the rhachis) with white hairs. Spikelets elliptic, (2.5-) 3.5-4.5 (-5) mm long, acute; lower glume ovate, a quarter to almost half as long as the spikelet, very rarely more, 3-5-nerved, obtuse to subacute; upper glume often with crossveins, glabrous or pubescent lower lemma sometimes with a setose fringe; upper lemma rugulose with a mucro 0.3-1 mm long. Fl. & Fr. Per.: July-September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| 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=200026456 |
| 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 | : Urochloa P. Beauv. - signalgrass |
| Species | : Urochloa panicoides P. Beauv. - panic liverseed grass |