Echinochloa frumentacea Link

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Echinochloa colonum var. frumentacea (Link) Ridl.; Echinochloa crus-galli var. edulis Hitchc.; Echinochloa crus-galli subsp. edulis Honda; Echinochloa crus-galli var. frumentacea (Link) W.F.Wright; Oplismenus frumentaceus (Link) Kunth; Panicum crus-galli var. edule Makino & Nemoto; Panicum crus-galli var. frumentacea (Link) Trimen; Panicum frumentaceum Roxb.; Echinochloa glabrescens var. barbata Kossenko; Echinochloa glabrescens var. glabra Kossenko; Echinochloa glabrescens var. pilosa Kossenko
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Echinochloa colonum subsp. edulis (Honda) Banfi & Galasso
  • Common name : Japanese Barnyard Millet, Spike Grass.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Barti, Sawan, Shamule (Marathi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated on a small scale
  • Flower, Fruit : June-February
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, S.R.Ramesh
  • Collection Date : 06/09/1978
  • Collection Nos : KFP 2569
  • Collection Locality : B.R. Hills road, Mysuru district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Ernakulam district, Alappuzha district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Akola district, Amravati district, Chandrapur district, Dhule district, Jalna district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : Central African Repu, India, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Central African Repu, India, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • 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.: 287
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Echinochloa frumentacea. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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