• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
• Synonym(s) : Arundo latifolia Salisb.; Cynodon donax (L.) Raspail; Donax arundinaceus P.Beauv.; Donax donax (L.) Asch. & Graebn.; Scolochloa arundinacea (P.Beauv.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch; Scolochloa donax (L.) Gaudin; Aira bengalensis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.; Amphidonax bengalensis (Retz.) Steud.; Amphidonax bifaria Nees ex Steud.; Arundo aegyptia Delile; Arundo aegyptiaca E.Vilm.; Arundo bambusifolia Hook.f.; Arundo bengalensis Retz.; Arundo bifaria Retz.; Arundo coleotricha (Hack.) Honda; Arundo coleotricha var. barbigera Honda; Arundo coleotricha var. versicolor (Mill.) Stokes; Arundo donax var. angustifolia Döll; Arundo donax var. barbigera (Honda) Ohwi; Arundo donax var. coleotricha Hack.; Arundo donax var. lanceolata Döll; Arundo donax var. procerior Kunth; Arundo donax var. variegata Endl.; Arundo donax var. variegata Poit. & A.Vilm.; Arundo donax var. variegata E.Vilm.; Arundo donax f. versicolor (Mill.) Beetle; Arundo donax var. versicolor (Mill.) Aiton; Arundo glauca Bubani; Arundo longifolia Salisb. ex Hook.f.; Arundo sativa Lam.; Arundo scriptoria L.; Arundo triflora Roxb.; Arundo versicolor Mill.; Donax bengalensis (Retz.) P.Beauv.; Donax bifarius (Retz.) Trin. ex Spreng.; Donax sativus C.Presl; Donax versicolor (Mill.) P.Beauv.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Arundo donax L.
• Common name : Cana brava, Carrizo, Giant red, Wild cane
• Vernacular name :
  • Mudam pul (Tamil)
  • Kakiveduru (Telugu)
  • Oodappullu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Along banks of streams and backwaters
• Flower, Fruit : August-June
• Collector(s) Name : K.P.Sreenath, B.Gurudev Singh
• Collection Date : 06/11/1979
• Collection Nos : KFP 10215
• Collection Locality : Uyamballi, Bengaluru district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Aurangabad district, Bhandara district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Kendrapara district
  • Tamil Nadu : Common in plains and hills
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, Tibet, Trans
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature :
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
  • 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
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
  • 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.: 275
• 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=Arundo donax. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

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