Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MG122 : Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash

Plant Category : Grasses

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Anatherum zizanioides(L.) Hitchc. & Chase; Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty; Phalaris zizanioides L.;

Plant Common Name : Khus, Khas, Khas-khas, garara, Ushira, Amrnala, veerana, virani, veeratara, valaka, vala

Plant Family : Poaceae / Gramineae

Description : Perennials. Culms to 180 cm high, erect, tufted; nodes glabrous. Leaves 30-60 x 0.4 - 1 cm, linear or linear-lanceolate, convolute, glaucous; sheaths to 30 cm long, keeled; ligules membranous. Panicles 15-37 cm long; pyramidal, contracted; racemes to 14 cm long, whorled. Spikelets in pairs, dissimilar. Sessile spikelets 3-5 mm long, lanceolate; lower glume 3-4 mm long, lanceolate, coriaceous, spinulose; upper glume 3-5 mm long, lanceolate; coriaceous; lower floret empty; upper floret bisexual; first lemma 3-4 x 1-2 mm, elliptic, second lemma 2-3 mm long, oblong; palea c. 2 mm long, oblong, hyaline; stamens 3; ovary elliptic. Pedicelled spikelets 3-4 mm long, lanceolate; glumes 3-4 mm long, lanceolate, coriaceous; lower floret empty; upper floret male; first lemma c. 3 mm long, elliptic; second lemma c. 2 mm long, lanceolate; Palea c. 1 mm long, oblong; stamens 3.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : Blood purifier, cardio protective, epistaxis, diaphoresis, strengthens stomach, indigestion, acidity, anorexia, Diarrhea, fever, asthma, cough, brain tonic, skin disorders, tuberculosis,

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: azulene; nootkatane; eudesmane sesquiterpene; nootkatene; valencene; isovalencenol; isovalencenic acid; nootkatone; alpha-vetivone; 7-epi-nootkatone; beta-vetivene; gamma-vetineve; bicyclovetivenol; valerianol; vetiselinene; isovetiselinenol; vetiselinenol; delta-selinene; khusimone; khusinol oxide; khusenic; isokhusenic acids;

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 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/243243 - http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/33665/1/IJNPR%206%284%29%20251 260.pdf

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~ 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 : Vetiveria Bory - vetivergrass
Species : Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash - vetivergrass

Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash - vetivergrass
Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash - vetivergrass