Ochlandra talbotii
Ochlandra talbotii
Ochlandra talbotii

Ochlandra talbotii Brandis

  • Habit
  • Culms: Caespitose
  • Culm Diameter: 1.2 - 1.8 cm
  • Culm Internode Length: 40 cm
  • Wall thickness: Thin-walled
  • Height: 3 - 6 meter

  • Identification Features: Culms erect, drooping at the tip, Culm-internodes terete; Culm-sheaths, smooth, hairy on margins, auriculate; Leaves lanceolate, 20-26 cm long, 3-3.5 cm wide; Inflorescence terminal or axillary spike, clustered at the nodes in untidy tufts; Caryopsis with fleshy pericarp, ovoid, 7.8 cm long, glabrous, cuspidate, Endosperm farinose.
  • Flowering Cycle:
  • Distribution: India (Karnataka, Goa)
  • Uses: Handicrafts

Flowering Reported: North Canara (1896) Sporadic, Karnataka (1994) (Kumar, 1995).

Remarks: Reported from Karnataka, Goa.


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