- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Digitaria distachyos (L.) Pers.; Panicum distachyon L.; Brachiaria distachyos var. brevifolia E.G.Camus & A.Camus; Brachiaria hybrida Basappa & Muniy.; Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase; Brachiaria subquadripara (Trin.) Hitchc.; Brachiaria subquadripara var. hirsuta Jansen; Brachiaria subquadripara var. miliiformis (J.Presl) S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin; Brachiaria subquadripara var. pubescens Jansen; Panicum distachyon var. pseudodistachyum (Hayata) Honda; Panicum miliiforme J.Presl; Panicum paspaloides Hayata; Panicum pseudodistachyum Hayata; Panicum subquadriparum Trin.; Urochloa subquadripara (Trin.) R.D.Webster
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Urochloa distachyos (L.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, wasteland and mangrove forests
- Comments / notes : Rare
- Flower, Fruit : August-December
- Collector(s) Name : S.R Ramesh, B.R.Ramesh
- Collection Nos : KFP 9304
- Collection Locality : Badami (Bijapur)
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Mysuru district, Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Kolar district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Nanded district, Ratnagiri district, Sangli district, Sindhudurg district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Caroline Islands, China, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Guatemala, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, Ne
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Caroline Islands, China, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Guatemala, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 276
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Brachiaria distachya
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Brachiaria distachya. Downloaded on 12 February 2026.
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