Ochlandra spirostylis M.Kumar

  • Habit
  • Culms: Caespitose
  • Culm Diameter: 2.5 cm
  • Culm Internode Length: 30 - 47 cm
  • Wall thickness: Thin-walled
  • Height: 4 - 6 meter

  • Identification Features: Culm Color- Gray, scaberulous. Lateral branches dendroid; Culm-sheaths persistent, 13-15 cm long, chartaceous, pubescent, hairy at the base, with appressed grey hairs; Leaves lanceolate, 25-32 cm long, 4.5-5.8 cm wide; Inflorescence a panicle, clustered at the nodes, in untidy tufts; Caryopsis with fleshy pericarp, ovoid, 10-10.5 cm long.
  • Flowering Cycle:
  • Distribution: India (Kerala)
  • Uses:

Remarks: Reported from Kerala.


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