- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Panicum americanum L.
- Synonym(s) : Alopecurus typhoides Burm.f.; Andropogon racemosus (Forssk.) Poir. ex Steud.; Cenchrus paniceus B.Heyne ex Wall.; Cenchrus pycnostachyus Steud.; Cenchrus spicatus (L.) Cav.; Chaetochloa glauca (L.) Scribn.; Chaetochloa lutescens Stuntz; Chamaeraphis glauca (L.) Kuntze; Holcus paniciformis Roxb. ex Hook.f.; Holcus racemosus Forssk.; Holcus spicatus L.; Ixophorus glaucus (L.) Nash; Panicum alopecuroides J.Koenig ex Trin.; Penicillaria elongata Schrad. ex Schltdl.; Penicillaria involucrata (Roxb.) Schult.; Penicillaria nigritarum Schltdl.; Penicillaria plukenetii Link; Penicillaria roxburghii A.Braun; Penicillaria solitaria Stokes; Penicillaria spicata (L.) Willd.; Pennisetum albicauda Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum americanum convar. spicatum (L.) Tzvelev; Pennisetum americanum convar. typhoides Tzvelev; Pennisetum ancylochaete Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum aureum Link; Pennisetum cereale Trin.; Pennisetum cinereum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum echinurus (K.Schum.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum gambiense Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum gibbosum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum giganteum Ten. ex Steud.; Pennisetum leonis Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum maiwa Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum malacochaete Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum megastachyum Steud.; Pennisetum nigritarum (Schltdl.) T.Durand & Schinz; Pennisetum nigritarum var. deflexum (Andersson ex A.Braun) T.Durand & Schinz; Pennisetum nigritarum var. macrostachyum T.Durand & Schinz; Pennisetum plukenetii (Link) T.Durand & Schinz; Pennisetum pycnostachyum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum spicatum (L.) Körn.; Pennisetum spicatum var. typhoideum T.Durand & Schinz; Phleum africanum Lour.; Setaria glauca (L.) P.Beauv.; Setaria rufa Chevall.; Setaria sericea (Aiton) P.Beauv.; Setariopsis glauca (L.) Samp.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
- Common name : Peatl millet, Bulrush millet, Spiked millet
- Vernacular name :
- Bajri (Marathi)
- Kampam, Mattari (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wastelands
- Comments / notes : Cultivated as food grain (Millet)
- Flower, Fruit : September-November
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 25/08/1961
- Collection Nos : CS 6663
- Collection Locality : Waghai, Gujarat
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Davanagare district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Thrissur district
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Dhule district, Jalgaon district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sangli district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Akola district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Gujarat : Gujarat
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- 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.
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 270
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 300-301
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pennisetum americanum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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