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Leersia hexandra Sw.
Synonym
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Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.
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Family
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Poaceae
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Flowering and fruiting period
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August-February
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Kottayam,
Kasaragode, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Idukki,
Kozhikode,
Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Wetlands
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Uses
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Used as fodder.
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Key Botanical
Characters:
Perennials.
Culms 45-160 cm long, erect or trailing; nodes bearded. Leaves 4-17 x 0.4-1
cm, linear-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acuminate, scaberulous; sheaths to
14 cm long; ligules membranous. Panicles 5-12 cm long, lax; branches to 5 cm
long. Spikelets 4-5 mm long, oblong, compressed, 1-flowered, cream-yellow.
Glumes reduced to a rim. Lemma 4-5 x 1.5-2 mm, oblong, coriaceous, 5-nerved,
laterally compressed, keeled, scabrid along the nerves. Palea 2-3 x 1 mm,
linear-oblong, coriaceous, 3-nerved, ciliate along the keels. Stamens 6;
anthers c. 2 mm long, yellow. Ovary elliptic; stigmas cream-coloured.
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