- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Eragrostis bifaria (Vahl) Wight
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eragrostiella bifaria (Vahl) Bor
- Common name : Teff Grass
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Grasslands, sandy areas near streams, rocky hills and plains in deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Often on plains and hills, on thin layer of soil by rocks.
- Flower, Fruit : August-January
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy; Raja K. Swamy; Raja K. Swamy, Arun singh, K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 15-11-2014, 15-11-2014, 26-10-2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-231; HJCB-E-234; HJCB-0115
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP); Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP); Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Kurnool district, Anantapur district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- World Distribution : India, Himalayas, Nepal
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- 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., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eragrostiella bifaria. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.
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