Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Panicum dimidiatum L. |
| synonym | Rottboellia complanata Sw., nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Rottboellia dimidiata (L.) L.f. |
| synonym | Stenotaphrum complanatum Schrank, nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Stenotaphrum glabrum Trin., nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Stenotaphrum glabrum var. multiflorum Döll |
| synonym | Stenotaphrum koenigii Schrank |
| synonym | Stenotaphrum madagascariense Kunth |
| synonym | Stenotaphrum swartzianum Nees |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Culms ascending from a prostrate, matty base, to 30 cm; nodes glabrous. Leaf-blades flat or plicate, 3-12 x 0.05-0.12 cm, glabrous, margins apically scabrid; ligule ciliate, to 0.1 cm. Spike solitary, terminal, to 12 cm. Racemes to 1.5 cm, 3-8-spikeletted; rachis jointed, zigzag, winged. Spikelets ovate-lanceolate, to 0.5 cm; pedicels reduced, stump-like. Lower glume ovate, to 0.12 cm, obtuse, veinless; upper glume elliptic, cymbiform, to 0.45 cm, membranous, 7-9-veined; lower lemma ovate-lanceolate, to 0.5 cm, coriaceous, 5-7 veined, paleate; upper lemma lanceolate, to 0.45 cm, chartaceous, 5-veined; palea lanceolate, 2-veined.
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
Grasslands, wet places
Along streams and backwaters
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
India: Assam
Indian Distribution
Assam
Global Distribution
Pantropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Alappuzha, Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram
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 |
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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=6354
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6354 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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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=6354
- Panicum dimidiatum L., Sp. Pl. 57. 1753.
- Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn. in Duperr., Voy. Bot. 127. 1831; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1773(1228). 1934; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 314. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 560. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 897. 2009.
- Stenotaphrum glabrum Trin., Fund. Agrost. 176. 1820l; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 90. 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=6354
- Panicum dimidiatum L., Sp. Pl. 57. 1753.
- Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn. in Duperr., Voy. Bot. 127. 1831; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1773(1228). 1934; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 314. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 560. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 897. 2009.
- Stenotaphrum glabrum Trin., Fund. Agrost. 176. 1820l; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 90. 1896.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Poales |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Genus | Stenotaphrum |
| Species | Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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