- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Anthoxanthum indicum L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze
- Vernacular name :
- Nari vaal pul (Tamil)
- Kuras (Marathi)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wastelands, Sandy shores
- Comments / notes : Occasional on plains.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-200
- Distribution :
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Beed district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Jalgaon district, Nagpur district, Nanded district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
- Tamil Nadu : Ramanathapuram district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Sierra Leone, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, Zaïre
- 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
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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.
- P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari 2001
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Perotis indica. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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