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Published In: Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae . . . 2: 375. 1851[1850]. (Tent. Fl. Abyss.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Flower/Fruit: Fl. & Fr. Per.: August-September.
Type: Type: Ethiopia, Schimper 1709(K).
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan (Punjab); India; Ethiopia southwards to Rhodesia.
Comment/Acknowledgements: This is excellent fodder grass found in the plains.
Map Location: C-7 Rawalpindi dist.: J.E.T. Aitchison 123 (K); ibid., R.R. Stewart 10174 (K, RAW), 21904 (K, KUH, RAW); Panjar, 2500', R.R. Stewart & E. Nasir 28575 (RAW); Gordon College, Rawalpindi, 1700', R.R. & I.D. Stewart 5193 (RAW); Topi Park, 1700', R.R. Stewart 15086 (KUH); Jhelum dist.: Mt. Tilla, 2000', September 1890, J,C. McDonell s.n. (K); about 2 miles from Chakwal on way to Jhelum, S.A. Faruqi & M. Qaiser 2895 (KUH); D-8 Lahore dist.: S of Lahore, August 1846, T. Thomson s.n. (K).

 

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Tufted annual; culms 10-40 cm high, ascending. Leaf-blades linear-lanceolate, 4-14 cm long, 5-14 mm wide, pilose or hispid with tubercle-based hairs, acute; sheaths hispid. Panicle ovate or oblong, 6-20 cm long with fine regular spreading branches. Spikelets elliptic-oblong, 1.8-2.2 mm long, glabrous, shortly acuminate; lower glume broadly crate, about two-thirds the length of the spikelet, 3-5-nerved, acuminate; upper glume ovate, 5-7-nerved; lower lemma 5-7-nerved, its palea two-thirds as long; upper lemma orange-brown to dark chestnut coloured, smooth and shining.
 
 
 
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