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Saccharum spontaneum L.

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Project Data (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)

Flower/Fruit: Fl. & Fr. Per.: July-September.

Type: Type: India, Koenig (LINN).

Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, Punjab, N.W.F.P., Gilgit & Kashmir); widely distributed in the warmer regions of the Old World.

Comment/Acknowledgements: Asian plants with the leaves narrowed to the midrib towards the base and with a more or less triangular ligule are referable to subsp. spontaneum. In contrast, the African subsp. aegyptiacum (Wald.) Hack. has the leaves laminate to the base and the ligule is crescent-shaped. The latter also occurs in parts of the Middle East.

This species flowers and fruits at the end of the rains and is therefore capable of colonising areas such as soil and sand left bare by retreating floods. The root-system is extremely extensive and the grass acts as an effective sand-binder. If it should be burned in the dry season it may well be ousted by Imperata and perhaps other species of Saccharum.

Map Location: B-6 Peshawar dist.: Tarnab Farm, 3 September 1940, S.A. Malik s.n. (KUH); B-7 Kashmir: Garhi, Jhelum Valley Road, 2000'. R.R. Stewart 9473 (K); Hazara dist.: Battal, Saran Range, 1 September 1899, J.F. Duthie s.n. (K); Kagan, October 1926, V. Pelts s.n. (RAW); near Garhi Habib Ullah, 3500', E. W. Trotter 116 (RAW); Swat dist.: Karakar, R.R. Stewart, E. Nasir & M.A. Siddiqi 1245 (K); B-8 Baltistan: Astor, Ramghat Camping Ground, 5500', J.F. Duthie 12282 (K); Gilgit Agency: Gilgit, 5000', R.R. Stewart 26643a (RAW); 26671 (K, RAW); C-7 Rawalpindi dist.: R.R. Stewart 9520 (K); Topi Park, 1700', R.R. Stewart 18002 (RAW); F-4 Dadu dist.: about 20 miles from Dadu on way to Larkana, S.A. Faruqi & M. Qaiser 2219 (K); G-4 Karachi dist.: Bund Murad, Sultanul Abedin 3797 (K); Thatta dist.: Mirpur Sakro, 9 October 1966, S.A. Faruqi et al. s.n. (KUH); G-5 Hyderabad dist.: Kotri Water Works, Tandojam, 6 September 1959, A. Jalis s.n. (RAW).