Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Alopecurus caudatus Thunb. |
| synonym | Chaetochloa germanica (Mill.) Smyth |
| synonym | Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. |
| synonym | Chaetochloa italica var. germanica (Mill.) Scribn. |
| synonym | Chamaeraphis italica (L.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Chamaeraphis italica var. germanica (Mill.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Echinochloa erythrosperma Roem. & Schult. |
| synonym | Echinochloa intermedia Roem. & Schult. |
| synonym | Ixophorus italicus (L.) Nash |
| synonym | Oplismenus intermedius (Vahl ex Hornem.) Kunth |
| synonym | Panicum aegyptiacum Roem. & Schult., pro syn. |
| synonym | Panicum asiaticum Schult. & Schult.f., pro syn. |
| synonym | Panicum chinense Trin. |
| synonym | Panicum compactum Kit., pro syn. |
| synonym | Panicum elongatum Salisb., nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Panicum erythrospermum Vahl ex Hornem. |
| synonym | Panicum germanicum Mill. |
| synonym | Panicum globulare (J.Presl) Steud. |
| synonym | Panicum glomeratum Moench, nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Panicum intermedium Vahl ex Hornem. |
| synonym | Panicum italicum L. |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. brevisetum Döll |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. californicum (Kellogg) Körn. |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. compactum (Kit.) Eichler, nom. inval. |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. erythrospermum (Vahl ex Hornem.) Eichler |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. germanicum (Mill.) Koeler |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. inerme Döll |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. longisetum Döll |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. mitis Alef. |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. nigrum Körn. |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. pabularis Alef. |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. praecox Alef. |
| synonym | Panicum italicum var. violaceum Alef. |
| synonym | Panicum itieri (Delile) Steud. |
| synonym | Panicum macrochaetum (J.Jacq.) Link |
| synonym | Panicum maritimum Lam. |
| synonym | Panicum melfrugum Schult. & Schult.f., nom. nud. |
| synonym | Panicum miliaceum Blanco, nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Panicum moharicum (Alef.) E.H.L.Krause |
| synonym | Panicum panis (Jess.) Jess. |
| synonym | Panicum pumilum Link, nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Panicum serotinum Trin., pro syn. |
| synonym | Panicum setaceum Trin., pro syn. |
| synonym | Panicum setosum Trin., pro syn. |
| synonym | Panicum sibiricum Roem. & Schult., pro syn. |
| synonym | Panicum verticillatum var. majus Thunb. |
| synonym | Panicum viride subsp. italicum (L.) Asch. & Graebn. |
| synonym | Panicum vulgare Wallr., nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Paspalum germanicum (Mill.) Baumg. |
| synonym | Penicillaria italica (L.) Oken |
| synonym | Pennisetum germanicum (Mill.) Baumg. |
| synonym | Pennisetum italicum (L.) R.Br. |
| synonym | Pennisetum macrochaetum J.Jacq. |
| synonym | Setaria asiatica Rchb., pro syn. |
| synonym | Setaria californica Kellogg |
| synonym | Setaria compacta Schur, nom. nud. |
| synonym | Setaria erythrosperma (Vahl ex Hornem.) Spreng. |
| synonym | Setaria flavida Hornem. ex Rchb., pro syn. |
| synonym | Setaria germanica (Mill.) P.Beauv. |
| synonym | Setaria globularis J.Presl |
| synonym | Setaria italica subsp. colchica Maisaya & Gorgidze, no type indicated. |
| synonym | Setaria italica subsp. nigrofructa F.T.Hubb. |
| synonym | Setaria italica subsp. rubrofructa F.T.Hubb. |
| synonym | Setaria italica subsp. stramineofructa F.T.Hubb. |
| synonym | Setaria italica var. germanica (Mill.) Schrad. |
| synonym | Setaria italica var. moharia (Alef.) A.Zimm. |
| synonym | Setaria itieri Delile |
| synonym | Setaria japonica Pynaert |
| synonym | Setaria macrochaeta (Jacq.) Schult. |
| synonym | Setaria maritima (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. |
| synonym | Setaria melinis Link ex Steud. |
| synonym | Setaria moharia (Alef.) Menabde & Erizin |
| synonym | Setaria multiseta Dumort. |
| synonym | Setaria pachystachya Borbás, nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Setaria panis Jess. |
| synonym | Setaria persica Rchb., pro syn. |
| synonym | Setaria violacea Hornem. ex Rchb., pro syn. |
| synonym | Setaria viridis subsp. italica (L.) Briq. |
| synonym | Setariopsis italica (L.) Samp. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
An erect annual grass, fast-growing, leafy and tufted. It has a dense root system of thin adventitious roots. Its stems are erect, slender and tiller from the base. The leaves are alternate with lanceolate and serrated blades, 15-50 cm long and 0.5-4 cm broad. The inflorescence is an erect or pendulous spike-like bristly panicle, 5-30 cm long x 1-5 cm wide, bearing between 6 and 12 spikelets.The seedhead is a dense, hairy panicle 5–30 cm (2.0–11.8 in) long.The small seeds, around 2 mm (less than 1/8 in.) in diameter, are encased in a thin, papery hull which is easily removed in threshing. Seed color varies greatly between varieties.The root system is dense, with thin wiry adventitious roots.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Size
Plant 90-220 cm high
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Cultivated and cosmopolitian
Grows in subtropical and temperate regions; in the tropics it is grown up to 2000(–3300)
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Manipur; Asia, Africa, America
Indian Distribution
Assam
China, India, East Africa, Cameroon and Southern Africa
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Unani
Traditional chinese medicine
Sowa-Rigpa
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1906
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1906 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1906
- https://www.feedipedia.org/node/382; Feedipedia; 06/04/2018
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1906
- https://www.feedipedia.org/node/382; Feedipedia; 06/04/2018
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Poales |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Genus | Setaria |
| Species | Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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