Arundinella pumila
Arundinella pumila
MG090 : Arundinella pumila
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 560 |
| Synonym | : | Acratherum pumilum Hochst. ex A.Rich.;
Anemagrostis tenella Steud.;
Arundinella effusa C.E.Hubb.;
Arundinella tenella Steud.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae |
| Description | : | Annual. Culms erect, or geniculately ascending; 7–50 cm long; 1–3 -noded. Culm-nodes pubescent. Leaf-sheaths outer margin hairy. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 3–15 cm long; 6–18 mm wide; flaccid. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or pilose; sparsely hairy. Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; obovate; effuse; 5–25 cm long; 2–18 cm wide. Primary panicle branches profusely divided. Panicle branches capillary; scaberulous. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels filiform; 1.5–8 mm long. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 1.5–2.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus pubescent; obtuse. Glumes persistent; dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma; gaping. Lower glume ovate; 1–1.5 mm long; 0.5–0.75 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Lower glume apex acute, or acuminate. Upper glume ovate; 1.5–2.5 mm long; 1.5–2.5 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 3–5 -veined. Upper glume surface glabrous, or pilose. Upper glume apex acute, or acuminate. Basal sterile florets male, or barren; with palea; persisting on inflorescence. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume; ovate; 1.3 length of fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined; truncate, or obtuse. Fertile lemma ovate; 1 mm long; coriaceous; without keel; 1 -veined. Lemma surface asperulous. Lemma margins involute; interlocking with palea keels. Lemma apex dentate; 2 -fid; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 2–3 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn 1–1.5 mm long. Palea with auriculate flaps; 1 length of lemma; coriaceous; 2 -veined. Palea surface asperulous. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On wet rocks and soils of stream and river banks and vertical cut faces of hioll slopes |
| 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/imp01032.htm |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| 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 | : Arundinella Raddi - rabo de gato |
| Species | : Arundinella pumila |