Oropetium villosulum Stapf ex Bor.
MH340 : Oropetium villosulum Stapf ex Bor
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 617 |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae |
| Description | : | Annual; caespitose. Culms erect; 1–5 cm long. Culm-nodes glabrous. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blades involute; 1–3 cm long; 0.5 mm wide; stiff. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; hairy on both sides. Leaf-blade apex acute. Inflorescence composed of racemes; deciduous as a whole; embraced at base by subtending leaf. Racemes 1; single; smoothly terete; bilateral; 1.5 cm long. Rhachis tough; subcylindrical and excavated. Spikelet packing adaxial; regular; 2 -rowed. Spikelets sunken; solitary. Fertile spikelets sessile. FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic; dorsally compressed; 2 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus pubescent. GLUMES Glumes two, or one the lower absent or obscure; deciduous; dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume orbicular; 0–1 mm long; 0–0.5 length of upper glume; hyaline; without keels; 0 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume elliptic; 2 mm long; 1.3 length of adjacent fertile lemma; coriaceous; with hyaline margins; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins ribbed. Upper glume apex obtuse. FLORETS Fertile lemma elliptic; 1.5 mm long; membranous; without keel; 3 -veined. Lemma surface pilose; hairy above. Lemma apex truncate. Palea 1 length of lemma; hyaline; 2 -veined. Palea surface pilose. FLOWER Anthers 3; 0.33 mm long. FRUIT Caryopsis with tardily free pericarp. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On Wet ,exposed rocks of Plateaux |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/253029
- http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=5890
- http://static1.kew.org/data/grasses_db/OLDwww/imp06779.htm |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); 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 |
| Genus | : Oropetium |
| Species | : Oropetium villosulum Stapf ex Bor. |