• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cynodon radiatus Roth
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Along banks of streams
• Flower, Fruit : March-September
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district
  • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Nanded district
  • Odisha : Khurda district, Kalhandi district, Bolangir district, Gajapati district
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cynodon arcuatus. Downloaded on 4 November 2025.

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