Eragrostiella brachylla (Stapf)
MG108 : Eragrostiella brachyphylla (Stapf) Bor.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Eragrostis brachyphylla Stapf.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Musapul, |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennial; culms 23–56 cm. high, invested at the base with the fibrous remains of old leaf-sheaths. Leaf-blades filiform, convolute, 4–16 cm. long, 0.6–2.1 mm. wide (when flattened), pilose on the upper surface and margins, glabrous beneath; ligule 0.4–0.6 mm. long. Inflorescence 8–22 cm. long, the spikelets overlapping by half their length or more, olive-grey. Spikelets 9–50-flowered, elliptic to linear-oblong and slightly sinuous, 6–20 mm. long, varying greatly in size even within the same spike, the rhachilla fracturing at maturity towards the base, sometimes also a few lemmas falling, the persistent paleas remaining on the rhachilla; lower glume lanceolate to narrowly ovate, with a thickened scabrid keel, 1.7–6 mm. long, subacute to acuminate; upper glume oblong to narrowly ovate, rounded, 1.8–4 mm. long, subacute; lemmas ovate, 1.9–2.6 mm. long, acute; palea broadly winged on the keels, ciliolate along the wing margins. Caryopsis 0.5–0.6 mm. long, broadly ovate in outline, obtusely trigonous in cross section. Fig. 67, p. 245. |
| 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
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| 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 | : |
| Order | : Poales |
| Family | : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus | : Eragrostiella |
| Species | : Eragrostiella brachylla (Stapf) |