- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet; Ripidium arundinaceum (Retz.) Grassl; Erianthus griffithii var. trichophyllus Hand.-Mazz.; Erianthus trichophyllus (Hand.-Mazz.) Hand.-Mazz.; Imperata exaltata (Roxb.) Brongn.; Saccharum arundinaceum var. angustifolium A.Camus; Saccharum arundinaceum var. trichophyllum (Hand.-Mazz.) S.M.Phillips & S.L.Chen; Saccharum barbicostatum Ohwi; Saccharum exaltatum Roxb.; Saccharum soltwedelii Kobus
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tripidium arundinaceum (Retz.) Welker, Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
- Common name : Devil sugarcane, Reedy sugarcane
- Vernacular name :
- Munji hullu (Kannada)
- Amadarbha, Naim-kana, Ambottal, Munjapullu, Mekhapullu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Along streams and cultivated field borders
- Key identification features : A grass with silvery-grey infloresence
- Flower, Fruit : December-April
- Collector(s) Name : M.Brahmam
- Collection Date : 02/01/1978
- Collection Nos : RRL 2946
- Collection Locality : Paralakimedi, Odisha
- Distribution :
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 270
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 304
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Saccharum arundinaceum. Downloaded on 8 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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