• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
• Synonym(s) : Cynosurus aegyptius L.; Eleusine aegyptia (L.) Forsyth f.; Eleusine cruciata Lam.; Eleusine pectinata Moench; Aegilops saccharina Walter; Cenchrus aegyptius P.Beauv.; Cenchrus mucronatus Pers. ex Steud.; Chloris guineensis Schumach.; Chloris mucronata Michx.; Chloris prostrata (Willd.) Poir. ex Roem. & Schult.; Ctenium nukaviense Steud.; Cynosurus aegyptiacus Link; Cynosurus carolinianus Willd. ex Steud.; Cynosurus cavara Dillwyn; Cynosurus ciliaris Rottler ex Hook.f.; Cynosurus distachyos Rottler ex Steud.; Cynosurus macara Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum Willd.; Dactyloctenium aegyptium var. mucronatum (Michx.) Schweinf.; Dactyloctenium aegyptium f. viviparum Beetle; Dactyloctenium ciliare Chiov.; Dactyloctenium distachyum Trin.; Dactyloctenium figarei De Not.; Dactyloctenium meridionale Ham.; Dactyloctenium mpuetense De Wild.; Dactyloctenium mucronatum (Michx.) Willd.; Dactyloctenium mucronatum var. erectum E.Fourn.; Dactyloctenium prostratum Willd.; Eleusine ciliata Raf.; Eleusine cruciata Elliott; Eleusine egyptia Raf.; Eleusine prostrata Spreng.; Rabdochloa mucronata (Michx.) P.Beauv.; Syntherisma aegyptiaca Schult. ex Steud.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.
• Common name : Egyptian Grass, Egyptian Finger Grass, Crow foor grass
• Vernacular name :
  • Kadu ragi hullu, Konana tale hullu (Kannada)
  • Takrahva (Sanskrit)
  • Ganuku gaddi (Telugu)
  • Kavarapullu, Kakkakalan pullu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy lands and open areas
• Comments / notes : Often on plains to about 1000m.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy
• Collection Date : 09/07/1970
• Collection Nos : HFP 346
• Collection Locality : Kenchankumri state forest, Shiradi ghat, Hassan district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
  • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
  • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : All disricts of Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Delhi : Delhi
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
  • Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
• Native : Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon,
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Old World Tropics
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
  • 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
  • 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.
  • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 282
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dactyloctenium aegyptium. Downloaded on 1 April 2025.

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