• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
• Basionym : Panicum interruptum Willd.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sacciolepis interrupta (Willd.) Stapf
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Wetlands
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills as partly submerged herb or near water bodies.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia and Africa
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; 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; 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=Sacciolepis interrupta. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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