Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
MG093 : Cenchrus ciliaris L.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Cenchrus longifolius Hochst. ex Steud.
Pennisetum cenchroides Rich.
Pennisetum ciliare (Linn.) Link |
| Plant Common Name | : | Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel-grass), African foxtail grass, dhaman grass, anjan grass and koluk katai, |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennial, often forming mats or tussocks; culms 10-150 cm high, ascending, wiry or sometimes almost woody. Leaf blades 3-25 cm long, 2-10 mm wide. Panicle cylindrical to ovoid, 2-12 cm long, 10-26 mm wide, grey, purple or straw-coloured, the rhachis angular and puberulous; involucre elongate, 6-16 mm long; inner bristles greatly exceeding the spikelets, one of them longer and stouter than the rest, at least the longest somewhat flattened at the base, connate only at the base to form a disc 0.5-1.5 mm in diameter (or sometimes connate for up to 0.5 mm above the rim of the disc), sparsely or densely ciliate below, grooved on the face or not, filiform above, flexuous, often wavy, antrorsely scaberulous; outer bristles filiform. Spikelets 2-4 per burr, 2-5.5 mm long, acutely lanceolate; glumes distinct, acute, the lower as long as the spikelet. Fl. & Fr. Per.: February-March. |
| 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 | : | Kokate, U.R. and Muratkar, G.D., "Study of the effect of invasive species on the development of grass meadows of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati Maharashtra", Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal, ISSN2249: 9598,(2014) Volume IV, Issue II, pp. 155 to 165
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242311755 |
| Reference | : | ~ Kokate, U.R. and Muratkar, G.D.; "Study of the effect of invasive species on the development of grass meadows of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati Maharashtra"; Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal (2014); 4(2): 155-165 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 | : Cenchrus L. |
| Species | : Cenchrus ciliaris L. |