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Cynodon
plectostachyus
(K. Schum.) Pilg.
Published In:
Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40(1): 82. 1907. (
Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
)
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(Last Modified On 3/3/2017)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Project Data
(Last Modified On 5/8/2018)
GROWTH: Lifespan:
Perennial
Life form:
Herbaceous
Plant habit:
Decumbent, Mat forming, Tufted
Stem consistency:
Firm
Stem height (cm):
30 to 90
Vegetative reproduction:
Stolons
Floral and plant sex:
Hermaphroditic/bisexual flowers
Inflorescence position:
Terminal
POACEAE Spikelet density:
Contiguous
POACEAE Spikelet length (mm):
2.5 to 3
POACEAE Number of spikelets (comprising fertile florets):
1
POACEAE Fruiting spikelets (abscission) [mandatory]:
Breaking up at maturity
POACEAE Fruiting Spikelets (secondary abscission):
Without secondary abscission
POACEAE Seed: Caryopsis with (type of pericarp):
Adherent pericarp
ECONOMIC USE: Domestic animal edible:
Fodder, Forage
Details: Economic use:
Used for pasture and hay production (Ambasta 1986).
TOXICITY: Toxicity:
Animal
Details: Toxicity:
Among at least three species of Cynodon suspected of causing thyroid problems in livestock (Wagstaff, 2008). Sometimes produces toxic quantities of hydrogen cyanide (Burrows & Tyrl, 2001).
References:
Clayton, W. D., M. S. Vorontsova, K. T. Harman & C. S. Williamson. 2002 +. GrassBase - World Grass Species: Descriptions, Identification, and Information Retrieval.
Wagstaff. 2008. Int. Poisonous Pl. Checkl. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Burrows & R. J. Tyrl. 2001. Toxic Plants N. Amer. Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA.
Ambasta. 1986. Useful Plants of India Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi.