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Elytrophorus spicatus
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 547. 1923; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1843(1275). 1934; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 538. 1988; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 372. 1991; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 976. 2009.
Dactylis spicata Willd., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 3: 416. 1801.
Elytrophorus articulatus P.Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 67. t.14, f. 2. 1812; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 306. 1896.
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Description:
Annuals. Culms creeping, stoloniferous, 2-25 cm high, erect, or geniculate; nodes glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 0.5-20 x 0.1-0.5 cm, rounded at base. Sheaths slightly keeled. Ligules ovate, membranous. Spikes narrow, cylindric, 0.5-15 cm long. Spikelets ovate or ovate-oblong, 4-6-flowered. Lower glume elliptic-lanceolate, 1-2 x 0.5-1 mm, acuminate, keeled, 1-nerved, chartaceous, margins ciliate. Upper glume elliptic-lanceolate, 2-3 x 1-1.5 mm long, acuminate, chartaceous, keeled, 1-nerved; keels ciliate. Lemmas ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 x 1-1.5 mm, caudate-acuminate, chartaceous, 3-nerved. Paleas obovate, 1.5-2.5 x 1-1.5 mm, 3-6-lobed at apex, delicate, hyaline. Stamens 3; anthers 0.25-0.5 mm long. Grains elliptic or ellipsoid.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Paddy fields, ditches and wastelands
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Arunappara
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