- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Panicum fatuum Fig. & De Not.; Panicum humile Aitch.; Panicum hydaspicum Edgew.; Panicum sociale Stapf
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Panicum atrosanguineum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Good fodder for cattle
- Key identification features : Annual herbs; culms branching at base; Leaf- sheaths clothed with white hairs, inflated; ligules hairy; Panicle ovoid; Spikelets pale-green.
- Flower, Fruit : October-December
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Chandrapur district
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Laos, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Laos, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 296-297
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Panicum atrosanguineum. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.
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