Chrysopogon aciculatus

Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin., Fund. Agrost. 188 1820. (Syn: Andropogon acicularis Roem. & Schult.; Andropogon acicularis Willd.; Andropogon aciculatus Retz.; Andropogon aculeatus Steud. ; Andropogon javanicus Steud.; Andropogon subulatus J.Presl; Centrophorum chinense Trin.; Chrysopogon acicularis (Roem. & Schult.) Duthie; Chrysopogon aciculatus var. longifolius Buse; Chrysopogon subulatus (J.Presl) Trin. ex Steud.; Chrysopogon trivialis (Lour.) Arn. & Nees; Holcus aciculatus (Retz.) R.Br.; Rhaphis acicularis (Roem. & Schult.) Desv. ; Rhaphis aciculata (Retz.) Honda; Rhaphis aciculatus (Retz.) Honda; Rhaphis javanica Nees ex Steud.; Rhaphis javanica Nees; Rhaphis trivalvis Kunth ; Rhaphis trivialis Lour.; Sorghum aciculatum (Retz.) Kuntze);
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Indian Ocean, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific: Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Panamá, Sierra Leone, St.Helena, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki as per POWO;

Common name: Golden Beardgrass, lovegrass, Mackie’s pest, needle grass, seed grass, spear grass • Assamese: bonguti • Bengali: chorkanta • Hindi: Lampa, Surwala • Kannada: ಚೋರಪುಷ್ಪಿ Chorapushpi, ಶಂಖಿನಿ Shankhini, ಕೇಶಿನಿ Keshini ಹಗರ Hagara, ಹಕ್ಕರಿಕೆ Hakkarike, ಕಡಿಯಾಲ Kadiyaala, ಹಗಱೆ Hagare, ನಱುವಂಜಿ, ನರುವಂಜಿ Naruvanji • Malayalam: kudira-pullu • Manipuri: ꯄꯥꯈꯔꯥꯂꯨꯈꯔꯥ Pakhra-lukhra • Nepali: कुर कुरे घाँस Kure ghans • Sanskrit: Chorapushpi, Keshini, Shunkhini • Tamil: Kampuputpi, Amaraputpi • Telugu: Katle chettu, Katle gaddi, శన్ఖపుశ్పీ చెట్టు Shankapushpi chettu

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Flora of Andaman23-060111-PKA1:
I had seen this Grass sp. on the way to Chidiyatapu from Port Blair (Andaman).

Date/Time: 23-12-2010 / 07:00AM
Location: Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar
Habitat: Wild
Plant habit: Herb

– Chrysopogon aciculatus.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/niznoprob/4877391418/

grass Chrysopogon aciculatus (Andropogon aciculatus):

A common grass in playing fields is CHORKANTA in Bengali. “Plant Groups” refers this as Andropogon aciculatus.

Species : Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin. (syn. Andropogon aciculatus Retz.)

Habit & Habitat : common grass in grassland, avg. height 1 foot

Date : 13/6/12, 12.12 p.m.

Place : Hooghly
ID help : https://groups.google.com/indiantreepix/Q/U1a24xBxGDcJ

This grass is very common in uncultivated land, outfields of playgrounds. We call this CHORKANTA in Bengali. My assumption, of it being Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin. (syn. Andropogon aciculatus Retz.), based upon –

“a pest of waste fields during the rains” – “Plant Groups” by H. Mukherji, a college text book from West Bengal
records from Serampore (Hooghly) – “Flora Indica, or, Descriptions of Indian plants / by the late William Roxburgh. Serampore: Printed for W. Thacker, 1832. url p. 722.” = http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/A/Andropogon_aciculatus/

However, description and id keys of the grass is available, but beyond my understanding –