Flowering class: Monocot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Andropogon bicornis Forssk., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Andropogon caesius Hook. & Arn. |
| synonym | Andropogon connatus Hochst. ex A.Rich. |
| synonym | Andropogon excavatus Hochst. |
| synonym | Andropogon foliatus Steud. |
| synonym | Andropogon nardoides var. minor Nees |
| synonym | Andropogon schoenanthus var. caesius (Hook. & Arn.) Hack. |
| synonym | Andropogon schoenanthus var. gracillimus Hook.f. |
| synonym | Cymbopogon caesius var. gracillimus (Hook.f.) E.G.Camus & A.Camus |
| synonym | Cymbopogon connatus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Chiov. |
| synonym | Cymbopogon connatus var. muticus Chiov. |
| synonym | Cymbopogon excavatus (Hochst.) Stapf ex Burtt Davy |
| synonym | Cymbopogon plicatus Stapf |
| synonym | Cymbopogon suaveolens Pilg. |
| synonym | Gymnanthelia connata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf. & Asch. |
🗒 Common Names
| Malayalam |
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📚 Overview
Description
Annuals or Perennials; culms 50-100 cm high, erect; nodes glabrous. Leaves 10-30 cm long, lanceolate, rounded or cordate at base, glaucous below, glabrous; sheath glabrous; ligule 5 mm wide, membranous. Panicles 10-15 cm long, contracted. Racemes 1.5 cm long. Sessile spikelets 4 x 1.5 mm, oblong; lower glume 4 x 1.5 mm, oblong, narrowly winged along margins on upper half; upper glume boat-shaped, keeled; first lemma 3 mm long, oblong; second lemma 2-cleft; awn 12 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets 4 x 1 mm, elliptic, awnless.
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 |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
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
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Arabia and Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, 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=5321
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5321 |
| 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=5321
- Andropogon caesius Nees ex Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beech. Voy. 244. 1838.
- Cymbopogon caesius (Nees ex Hook.f. & Arn.) Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 360. 1906; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1757(1217). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 465. 1984; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 69. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 533. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 381. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 517. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 388. 2002.
- Andropogon schoenanthus L. var. gracillimus Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 205. 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=5321
- Andropogon caesius Nees ex Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beech. Voy. 244. 1838.
- Cymbopogon caesius (Nees ex Hook.f. & Arn.) Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 360. 1906; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1757(1217). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 465. 1984; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 69. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 533. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 381. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 517. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 388. 2002.
- Andropogon schoenanthus L. var. gracillimus Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 205. 1896.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Poales |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Genus | Cymbopogon |
| Species | Cymbopogon caesius (Hook. & Arn.) Stapf |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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