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Oplismenus burmannii
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Oplismenus burmannii (Retz.) P. Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 54. 168. 1812; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 68. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1778(1232). 1934; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 341. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 477. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 470. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 547. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 459. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 941. 1990; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 256. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 548. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 519. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 84. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 840. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 536. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 581. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 867. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 995. 2009.
Panicum burmannii Retz., Obs. Bot. 3: 10. 1783.
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Description:
Annuals. Culms 20-50 cm long, prostrate or trailing, creeping and rooting at the nodes; nodes sparsely hairy. Leaves 1-5 x 0.6-1.2 cm, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, base oblique, margins undulate, apex acuminate, glabrescent; sheaths to 4 cm long, softly hairy; ligule a row of hairs. Inflorescence to 10 cm long; racemes 2-7, each 1-2.5 cm long; rachis triquetrous, densely villous. Spikelets 2-3 mm long, elliptic; pedicels bristly. Lower glume 1.5-2 x 1 mm, ovate-lanceolate, softly hairy, awned; awn 6-8 mm long, pale yellow, scabrid. Upper glume 1.5-2 x 1 mm, pale yellow. Lower floret barren. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma 2-3 x 1-1.5 mm, elliptic, aristate. Palea absent. Second lemma 1.5-2 x 1 mm , ovate-elliptic, subcoriaceous. Palea 1.5-2x1 mm, elliptic, subcoriaceous, 2-keeled. Stamens 3, pale yellow. Stigma c.1 mm long, cream coloured.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-November
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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:
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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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellimala, Koratty, Pappinisseri, Kannoth, Taliparamba, Bandukha, Nileswar, Kanjirapuzha, Nedumangad, Ponmudi, Kasaragod, Chavara, Ambalapuzha, Nootavanpara, Karimpuzha
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