Panicum miliaceum L.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Leptoloma miliacea (L.) Smyth; Milium esculentum Moench; Milium panicum Mill.; Panicum milium Pers.; Panicum asperrimum Fisch.; Panicum densepilosum Steud.; Panicum miliaceum var. aerugineum Krassavin & Uljanova; Panicum miliaceum subsp. agricola H.Scholz & Mikoláš; Panicum miliaceum var. album Alef.; Panicum miliaceum var. anthracinum Krassavin & Uljanova; Panicum miliaceum var. aquilum Krassavin & Uljanova; Panicum miliaceum var. atrobrunneum Krassavin & Uljanova; Panicum miliaceum var. aureum Alef.; Panicum miliaceum var. cinereum Alef.; Panicum miliaceum var. coffeatum Krassavin & Uljanova; Panicum miliaceum convar. contractum Alef.; Panicum miliaceum var. corsinum Krassavin & Uljanova; Panicum miliaceum var. densobrunneum Agaf.; Panicum miliaceum convar. effusum Alef.; Panicum miliaceum var. fuscum Krassavin & Uljanova; Panicum miliaceum var. glaucum Krassavin & Uljanova; Panicum miliaceum var. leucospermum N.H.F.Desp.; Panicum miliaceum var. nicotianum Krassavin & Uljanova; Panicum miliaceum var. nigrum Thuill.; Panicum miliaceum var. nutans Beck; Panicum miliaceum var. ruderale Kitag.; Panicum miliaceum subsp. ruderale (Kitag.) Tzvelev; Panicum miliaceum var. sanguineum Alef.; Panicum miliaceum var. suberectum Beck; Panicum miliaceum var. subvitellinotephrum Agaf.; Panicum miliaceum var. virescens Krassavin & Uljanova; Panicum provinciale É.Huet & Chamb.; Panicum ruderale (Kitag.) D.M.Chang; Panicum spontaneum Zhuk.; Panicum triphellon Y.Yabe
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Panicum miliaceum L.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mani varagu saamai (Tamil)
    • Ghoti-sava, Varai (Marathi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills, cultivated as a cereal crop.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-December
  • Collector(s) Name : R.Raghavendra Rao
  • Collection Date : 08/07/1971
  • Collection Nos : KFP 1369
  • Collection Locality : Manasagangotri campus, Mysore
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district, Beed district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Osmanabad district, Parbhani district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sangli district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  • 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
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 298
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Panicum miliaceum. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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