• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Iseilema jainiana P.Umam. & P.Daniel
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Iseilema laxum Hack.
• Vernacular name : Moshi, Mus, Shadta, Tambit (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist rocky places in grasslands
• Comments / notes : Occasional on plains and on river banks.
• Flower, Fruit : August-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Bolangir district, Sambalpur district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Cuddalore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Pudukkottai district, Ramanathapuram district, Salem district, Tiruvallur district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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=Iseilema laxum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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