Herb
Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A.Camus
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🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Andropogon annulatus var. subrepens Hack. |
synonym | Andropogon binatus Roxb., nom. illeg. |
synonym | Andropogon caricosus L. |
synonym | Andropogon caricosus subsp. genuinus Hack., nom. inval. |
synonym | Andropogon curvatus Russell ex Wall., nom. nud. |
synonym | Andropogon depressus Steud. |
synonym | Andropogon filiformis Pers. |
synonym | Andropogon serratus Retz., nom. illeg. |
synonym | Andropogon tenellus Roxb. |
synonym | Apocopis pallida Hook.f. |
synonym | Dichanthium caricosum var. theinlwinii (Bor) de Wet & Harlan |
synonym | Dichanthium pallidum (Hook.f.) Stapf ex C.E.C.Fisch. |
synonym | Dichanthium theinlwinii Bor |
synonym | Heteropogon concinnus Thwaites |
synonym | Heteropogon tenellus (Roxb.) Schult. |
synonym | Lepeocercis serrata Trin. |
synonym | Sorghum caricosum (L.) Kuntze |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Perennials. Culms 10-100 cm long, erect or decumbent, sometimes stoloniferous, nodes bearded or glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, 2-20 x 0.2-0.4 cm. Ligules ovate, acute, membranous. Racemes usually solitary, rarely 2-3, 2-6 cm long, joints 1-1.5 mm long. Sessile spikelets obovate, 3-3.5 mm long; callus hairy; lower glume obovate, 3-4 x 1.5-2 mm, obtuse, subcoriaceous, 7-9 nerved, narrowly winged towards apex, margins ciliate; upper glume lanceolate, 3-3.5 x 1 mm, subcoriaceous, keeled on dorsal side; lower floret empty; upper floret bisexual; first lemma ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 x 1 mm, delicate, hyaline, glabrous; second lemma stipitate, 1-2 mm long hyaline base of the awn, awn 12-20 mm long, column 5-6 mm. Stamens 3, anthers 1-1.5 mm long; ovary oblong, 0.25-0.5 mm, styles 0.5-1 mm long, stigmas 1-1.5 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets obovate, 3-4 mm long, unawned; pedicels 1-1.5 mm long; lower glume oblong or obovate, 3-4 x 1.5-2 mm, subcoriaceous or chartaceous, 13-15 nerved, minutely winged towards apex; upper glume ovate-lanceolate, 3-4 x 1.5 mm, delicate, 3-nerved, margins hyaline, ciliate; florets male or empty.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry grasslands
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kollam, Kannur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Punjab; Africa
Indian Distribution
Plains and foothills of Assam
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6697
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6697 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6697
- Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A.Camus, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 27: 549. 1921; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1741(1206). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 467. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 535. 1988; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 76. 1991; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 967. 2009.
- Andropogon caricosus L., Sp. Pl. (ed.2) 1480. 1763; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 196. 1896.
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6697
- Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A.Camus, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 27: 549. 1921; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1741(1206). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 467. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 535. 1988; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 76. 1991; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 967. 2009.
- Andropogon caricosus L., Sp. Pl. (ed.2) 1480. 1763; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 196. 1896.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Liliopsida |
Order | Poales |
Family | Poaceae |
Genus | Dichanthium |
Species | Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A.Camus |
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