- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Common name : Mandipul
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Salt marshes, muddy wastelands and paddy fields, and mangrove forests
- Comments / notes : Often on plains towards the coast, Dry localities in plains
- Flower, Fruit : May-December
- Collection Nos : KFP 10001
- Collection Locality : Maskie
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Raichur district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Ernakulam district, Alappuzha district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Satara district, Thane district
- Odisha : Common
- Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
- Native : Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Islands, Chad, Chile, Chin
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Tropical & sub-Tropical regions of the Old World
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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.
- Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
- Gamble & Fischer, 1957
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leptochloa fusca. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.
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