- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Andropogon insculptus Hochst. Ex A.Rich.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bothriochloa insculpta (A.Rich.) A.Camus
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Grasslands
- Key identification features : Tufted grass with short, stiff culms and narrow, flat leaves; Flowers small, yellow; Fruits oval-shaped, yellow-brown color.
- Flower, Fruit : September-January
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : Osmanabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Greece, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, So
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Greece, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Literature :
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bothriochloa insculpta. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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