- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Andropogon foveolatus Delile; Hypogynium foveolatum (Delile) Haines; Sorghum foveolatum (Delile) Kuntze; Andropogon foveolatus var. plumosus A.Terracc.; Andropogon monostachyus Spreng.; Andropogon orthos Schult.; Andropogon strictus Roxb.; Cymbopogon strictus Bojer; Eremopogon strictus (Bojer) A.Camus; Meoschium monostachys Wight & Arn. ex Steud.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dichanthium foveolatum (Delile) Roberty
- Vernacular name :
- Ghandel, Marvel (Marathi)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Dry localities
- Comments / notes : Common
- Key identification features : Perennial grass; Leaves long, slender; Flowers small, yellow-green spikelet with a single floret; Seed small, dark brown caryopsis.
- Flower, Fruit : September-December
- Collector(s) Name : S.B.Manohar, S.R.Ramesh
- Collection Date : 28/10/1979
- Collection Nos : KFP 10138
- Collection Locality : Vanikere Reserve Forest, Bidar district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Bengaluru district, Bidar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Raichur district, Mysuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Algeria, Bangladesh, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sud
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Algeria, Bangladesh, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Western Sahara, Yemen
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore 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=Eremopogon foveolatus. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.
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