Sehima notatum (Hook)
MG134 : Sehima notatum (Hack.) A.Camus
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Ischaemum notatum Hack.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennial. Butt sheaths glabrous, or pubescent. Culms 50–120 cm long. Culm-nodes glabrous. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, or hispid. Leaf-sheath oral hairs bearded. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades flat, or involute; 10–40 cm long; 3–6 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface hispid; hairy on both sides. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes 1; single; 9–15 cm long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; flattened; ciliate on margins. Rhachis internodes cuneate; 5–5.5 mm long. Rhachis internode tip oblique; crateriform. Spikelets appressed; in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels cuneate; flattened; ciliate; tip rectangular. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 11.5–12 mm long; as long as fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet glumes coriaceous; distinctly veined; 9 -veined; dentate; 2 -fid; setaceously attenuate. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas 2; enclosed by glumes; muticous. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 12–12.5 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus square; glabrous; base obtuse; inserted. Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate; asymmetrical; 1 length of spikelet; coriaceous; much thinner above; 2-keeled; keeled dorsally below, flaring to lateral above; winged on keel; winged narrowly; 8 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins branching above; intercarinal veins absent below, prominent above. Lower glume surface flat, or concave. Lower glume apex dentate; 2 -fid; awned; 1 -awned (on 1 tooth). Upper glume lanceolate; chartaceous; 1-keeled; winged on keel; winged near apex; 7 -veined. Upper glume margins ciliate. Upper glume apex acute; awned; 1 -awned. Upper glume awn 10–11 mm long. Basal sterile florets male; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret lanceolate; 9.5–10 mm long; hyaline; 2 -veined; ciliolate on margins. Palea of lower sterile floret 1 length of lemma. Fertile lemma oblong; hyaline; without keel; 3 -veined. Lemma margins ciliate. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; incised 0.33 of lemma length; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 42–45 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn glabrous. Palea 1 length of lemma; hyaline. |
| 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://static1.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp09304.htm |
| 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 | : Sehima Forssk. |
| Species | : Sehima notatum (Hook) |