- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Cenchrus lappaceus L.; Centotheca latifolia Trin.; Melica lappacea (L.) Raspail; Uniola lappacea (L.) Trin.; Andropogon latifolius (Osbeck) Kunth; Anthoxanthum pulchellum D.Dietr.; Anthoxanthum pulcherrimum Lour.; Centotheca lappacea var. inermis Rendle; Centotheca lappacea subsp. inermis (Rendle) T.Koyama; Centotheca lappacea var. longilamina (Ohwi) Bor; Centotheca latifolia var. inermis (Rendle) Sasaki; Centotheca longilamina Ohwi; Centotheca parviflora Andersson; Cynosurus ciliaris Raspail; Festuca blepharophora Roem. & Schult.; Festuca ciliaris B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult.; Festuca virgata B.Heyne ex Steud.; Hierochloe latifolia (Osbeck) Kunth; Holcus latifolius Osbeck; Melica diandra Roxb.; Melica philippensis Llanos; Melica refracta Roxb.; Oplismenus magellanicus (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.; Panicum festuciforme Hochst. ex Hook.f.; Panicum magellanicum Lam.; Poa latifolia (Osbeck) G.Forst.; Torresia biflora Roem. & Schult.; Torresia latifolia (Osbeck) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests and deciduous forests, also on the plains
- Comments / notes : Good fodder grass
- Flower, Fruit : September-December
- Collector(s) Name : H.O.Saxena, M.Brahmam
- Collection Date : 19-10-1983, 21-11-1987
- Collection Nos : RRL 5205, RRL 5755
- Collection Locality : Gurguria, Odisha; Harishankar, Odisha
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Chandrapur district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Islands, Central African Repu, China, Congo, Cook Islands, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Iv
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Islands, Central African Repu, China, Congo, Cook Islands, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Santa Cruz Islands, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands, Zaïre
- 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
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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.
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 277-278
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Centotheca lappacea. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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