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Leptochloa chinensis
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees, Syll. Ratisb. 1: 4. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 299. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1820(1260). 1934; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 581. 1990; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 395. 1991; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 866. 2009.
Poa chinensis L., Sp. Pl. 69. 1753.
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Description:
Culms tufted, erect or ascending, to 75 cm; nodes glabrous. Leafblades flat or involute, 8-24 x 0.2-0.6 cm, glabrous; ligule membranous, lacerate at apex, to 0.2 cm. Panicles to 30 cm; branches numerous, linear, erect or spreading, to 18 cm. Spikelets linear-oblong, to 0.3 cm, 3-7-flowered; pedicel to 0.1 cm, scaberulous. Glumes ovate-lanceolate, membranous, subequal, 1-veined; lower glume to 0.08 cm; upper glume to 0.12 cm; lemmas elliptic-lanceolate, keeled, 3-veined, sparsely pilose on marginal veins; lower lemma to 0.15 cm; palea ovate, to 0.08 cm, membranous, 2-keeld. Grain broadly obovoid, to 0.1 cm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wetlands and fallow fields
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Distribution:
South East Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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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:
Yes
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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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Endemic to:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Walayar
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