Digitaria abludens (Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp
MG147 : Digitaria abludens (Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Digitaria granularis (Trin.) Henrard;
Digitaria pedicellaris Prain, nom. superfl.;
Helopus sanguinalis (Roxb.) Nees;
Milium capillaceum J.Koenig ex Steud., nom. nud.;
Milium sanguinale Roxb.;
Milium setaceum J.Koenig ex Steud., pro syn.;
Panicum abludens Roem. & Schult.;
Panicum paradoxum Roth ex Steud., pro syn.;
Panicum pedicellare Hack., nom. superfl.;
Paspalum granulare Trin.;
Paspalum pedicellare Trin. ex Hook.f., nom. superfl.;
Paspalum pedicellatum Nees ex Duthie; |
| Plant Common Name | : | |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae |
| Description | : | Annual; culms 15-90 cm high, erect or geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades 5-15(-25) cm long, 2-5 mm wide. Inflorescence composed of 3-5(-8) simple or branched racemes arranged along a short common axis 14(-6.5) cm long; racemes 2.5-11.5 cm long, the spikelets ternate on a triquetrous, wingless rhachis (sometimes one spikelet arrested, occasionally the longest pedicel branched and bearing 2(3) spikelets); pedicels terete, smooth, with discoid or cupuliform tip, unequal in length and standing out from the rhachis at maturity. Spikelets elliptic, oblong-elliptic or oblong-obovate, 1.3-1.75 mm long; lower glume 0; upper glume narrower than the spikelet and half to three-quarters (rarely more) as long, 3(-5)-nerved, with minutely clavate hairs between the nerves; lower lemma a little shorter than the spikelet, 5-7-nerved, pubescent between the nerves with minutely clavate hairs; fruit ellipsoid, apiculate, the tip exceeding the lower lemma, chestnut to brownish-black at maturity. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Grasslands |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinids |
| Order | : Poales |
| Family | : Poaceae |
| Genus | : Digitaria |
| Species | : Digitaria abludens (Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp |