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Fimbristylis
dichotoma (L.) Vahl
Synonym
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Eleocharis dichotoma
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Family
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Cyperaceae
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Local name
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English-
Two-leaved fimbristylus
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Flowering and fruiting period
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March-December
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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Distribution in kerala
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All
Districts
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Habitat
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Degraded
deciduous forests, cultivated lands and riverbanks
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Uses
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The
plant is a good source of organic matter - when abundant it is ploughed back
into the soil as a soil improver.The plant is useful as a soil binder to
control erosion
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Key Botanical Characters :
Annual
herbs .Rhizome short .Clums tufted,glabarous .Stem caespitose, to 70 cm,
rigid, 2.5 mm wide. Leaves canaliculate, rarely flat, as long or shorter than
stem, scabrid, apex acute; ligule a fringe of short hairs; sheaths rusty or
pinkish. Inflorescence simple or decompound, involucral bracts 3-7, longest
to 10 cm; primary rays 3-5, glabrous or pilose; secondary rays 3. Spikelet
solitary, ovoid, oblong-ovoid, or terete, to 5 mm, acute; rachilla winged;
glumes broadly ovate to suborbicular, to 2 mm, membranous, red-brown,
glabrous, sides hyaline, nerveless, mucronulate, keel 3-nerved. Stamen 1;
filament to 2 mm; anther linear, to 1 mm. Style 2-fid, basally glabrous;
stigmas ciliate. Nut obovoid, biconvex, , glossy, vertical ribs 7-10,
obscurely cross-barred, umbonulate, stipitate.  |
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