| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Panicum canarae Steud.;
Paspalum canarae fimbriatum (Bor) Veldkamp;
Paspalum compactum var. fimbriatum Bor;
Paspalum costatum Hochst. ex Steud., pro syn.;
Paspalum miliaria Müll.Hal.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae |
| Description | : | Annuals, decumbent-ascending; nodes hairy. Leaves 1.5-4.0 x 0.5-1.2 cm, ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, tubercle-based hairy on both sides and along margin, nerves raised above. Racemes 1-2 cm long. Spikelets c 0.2 cm long ovoid; lower glumes c 0.15 cm long, elliptic-oblong, hyaline winged in upper half, margin long ciliate; upper glumes c 0.2 cm long, ovate. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | IUCN Red List - Least Concern |
| 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.oiirj.org/oiirj/mar apr2014/21.pdf |
| 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 | : Paspalum L. - crowngrass |
| Species | : Paspalum canaroe (Stcut) |