HabitCulms : Caespitose Height : 3-3.5m Diameter : 2.5cm Internode Length : 30-45cm Culm Sheath Color : 15 cm long and 7.9 cm broad, truncate at the mouth, ciliate on the margins, those of thicker shoots appressed hairyon the back, younger and thinner shoots nearly glabrous; imperfect blade 7.5-12.5 cm long and 2.5 cm broad ovateacuminate,rounded at the base and decurrent; auricles large, rounded, falcate, with stiff curved bristles. Shape of Leaf : lanceolate Altitude : 1000-1800m | Habitat, Distribution,UsesHabitat : Moist deciduous, Semi evergreen Introduced to : South India, Sri Lanka, Kerala, Karnataka, and some part of Tamil Nadu Description of Inflorescence and Flower : large leafy panicle with spicatebranchlets bearing heads of more or lessclosely packed spikelets, bracts small,ovate, rachis smooth; spikelets oftenin pairs, usually 1-flowered; emptyglumes 2-3, ovate, mucronate,sometimes ciliate on edges; floweringglume ovate-acute, mucronate, palea convolute, glabrous except at the ciliate point. Stamens exserted; anthers narrow, long, apiculate, hairy at the tip.Ovary ovate acuminate, style hairy, stigmas 3, short, plumose. Flowering Reported : Nilgiri (1847,1851), Anamalai(1865,1871), Maharashtra(1994) Uses: baskets, fence, thatching |
