- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Asprella hexandra (Sw.) P.Beauv.; Homalocenchrus hexander (Sw.) Kuntze; Oryza hexandra (Sw.) Döll; Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.; Asprella brasiliensis (Spreng.) Schult.; Asprella mexicana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.; Asprella purpurea Bojer; Blepharochloa ciliata Endl.; Homalocenchrus gouinii (E.Fourn.) Kuntze; Hygroryza ciliata (Retz.) Steud.; Leersia abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Leersia aegyptiaca Fig. & De Not.; Leersia australis R.Br.; Leersia brasiliensis Spreng.; Leersia capensis Müll.Hal.; Leersia ciliaris Griff.; Leersia ciliata (Retz.) Roxb.; Leersia compressa A.Chev.; Leersia contracta Nees; Leersia dubia F.Aresch.; Leersia elongata Willd. ex Trin.; Leersia ferox Fig. & De Not.; Leersia glaberrima Trin.; Leersia gouinii E.Fourn.; Leersia gracilis Willd. ex Trin.; Leersia griffithiana Müll.Hal.; Leersia luzonensis J.Presl; Leersia mauritanica Salzm. ex Trin.; Leersia mauritiaca Salzm. ex Trin.; Leersia mexicana Kunth; Leersia parviflora Desv.; Leersia triniana Sieber ex Trin.; Oryza australis R.Br. ex Schweinf.; Oryza mexicana (Kunth) Döll; Pharus ciliatus Retz.; Pseudoryza ciliata (Retz.) Griff.; Zizania ciliata (Retz.) Spreng.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leersia hexandra Sw.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wetlands
- Comments / notes : Rare; in rice fields and in shallow water tanks, usually submerged
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, K.P.Sreenath
- Collection Date : 02/12/1978
- Collection Nos : KFP 4862
- Collection Locality : Bannerghatta, Bangalore district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district
- Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Alabama, Algeria, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Arkansas, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Colo
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Tropics of the Old & New World
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- 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.: 293
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leersia hexandra
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leersia hexandra. Downloaded on 30 January 2026.
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