Themeda triandra Forskal

 
  • Family : POACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Poaceae
  • Species : Themeda triandra
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Themeda triandra Forssk.
  • Common name : Kangaroo Grass
  • Collection Nos : CJS 9948, CJS 11376
  • Key identification features : A perennial grass. Culms robust, densely tufted, up to 3 m. high. Leaves are narrowly linear, acuminate; sheaths keeled. Fascicles of the inflorescence drooping, globose or fan-shaped. Spikelets show conspicuous awns.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka, Pantropics
  • Comments : Common on hill slopes, considered to be a good fodder, especially before it flowers.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Dharwad, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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