Cynodon dactylon C. Fischer

 
  • Family : POACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Poaceae
  • Species : Cynodon dactylon
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
  • Common name : Dhub grass, Bermuda grass, Bahama grass, Conch grasss
  • Vernacular name : Niladurva, Durva (San.); Dub, Durba (Hin.); Garike, Karike (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 10042
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments : Fairly common on irrigated fields and wet lands. A good fodder grass. Can be readily propogated by root cuttings.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
  • Floras referred : Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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