Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Anatherum zizanioides (L.) Hitchc. & Chase; Andropogon zizanioides (L.) Urb.; Holcus zizanioides (L.) Stuck.; Phalaris zizanioides L.; Rhaphis zizanioides (L.) Roberty; Sorghum zizanioides (L.) Kuntze; Vetiveria zizanioides var. genuina A.Camus; Agrostis verticillata Lam.; Anatherum muricatum (Retz.) P.Beauv.; Andropogon aromaticus Roxb. ex Schult.; Andropogon muricatus Retz.; Andropogon nardus Blanco; Andropogon odoratus Steud.; Chamaeraphis muricata (Retz.) Merr.; Oplismenus abortivus Roem. & Schult.; Rhaphis muricata (Retz.) Steud.; Vetiveria arundinacea Griseb.; Vetiveria muricata (Retz.) Griseb.; Vetiveria odorata Virey; Vetiveria odoratissima Bory ex Cloquet; Vetiveria zizanioides var. tonkinensis A.Camus
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty
  • Common name : Vetiver, Ghass, Cuscus grass, Vetiver, Khas-khas, Khus-khus
  • Vernacular name :
    • Khas (Hindi)
    • Lavancha beru, Mudivala beru (Kannada)
    • Usheer, Sugandhimool (Sanskrit)
    • Khas-Khas, Ishir, Vala (Marathi)
    • Ramacham, Vettiver (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Banks of streams and backwaters
  • Comments / notes : Often in plains in discrete clumps. Cultivated for its aromatic oil in tropical Africa and introduced to West Indies
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh, S.B.Manohar
  • Collection Date : 28/10/1978
  • Collection Nos : KFP 3965
  • Collection Locality : Shivasamudra, Mandya district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Mysuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Mandya district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Yavatmal district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Sambalpur district, Angul district, Kendrapara district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Tirap
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.2. Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 312
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vetiveria zizanioides. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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