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Setaria intermedia
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Setaria intermedia Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2:489.1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7:79.1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1789(1239). 1934; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 589. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 468. 1989; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 306. 1991; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 512. 1991; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 395. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 547. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 1013. 2009.
Setaria tomentosa (Roxb.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 47. 1829.
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Description:
Trailing or erect annuals; culms 40-50 cm high; nodes glabrous. Leaves 10-2 x 0.3-1 cm, linear, flat, glabrous; ligule a row of hairs. Panicle spiciform, interrupted; bristles 2-6 mm long, atrorsely barbed. Spikelets 2 x 1.5 mm, broadly elliptic; lower glume 1-nerved; upper glume 1.2 x 1 mm, elliptic, obtuse; lower floret empty; first lemma 2 x 1.5 mm, acute, 5-nerved; palea ovate; second lemma 2 x 1.2 mm, ovate, coriaceous; palea faintly rugate; anthers 1 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Wayanad, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kallar, Uppupara, Keerapady, Vandiperiyar, Walayar, Wayanad
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