- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf
- Vernacular name :
- Jinjva, Marvel, Paunava (Marathi)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Common on the bunds of cultivated fields and open grasslands
- Flower, Fruit : June-March
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Common
- Tamil Nadu : Common
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Tropical Africa, India, Myanmar
- World Distribution : Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Middle-East to Indonesia; introduced to South Africa, Tropical America and Australia, Pakistan
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga district
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dichanthium annulatum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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![](world_map.php?country_list=Tropical Africa, India, Myanmar,Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Middle-East to Indonesia; introduced to South Africa, Tropical America and Australia, Pakistan) |
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