Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 8 1788. (Syn: Agropyron geminatum Schult. & Schult.f.; Chloris repens Steud. [Invalid]; Cynodon indicus (L.) Raspail; Cynosurus ara Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Cynosurus indicus L.; Cynosurus pectinatus Lam.; Eleusine distachya Trin. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Eleusine distachya Nees; Eleusine distans Moench [Illegitimate]; Eleusine distans Link; Eleusine domingensis Sieber ex Schult. [Invalid]; Eleusine glabra Schumach.; Eleusine gonantha Schrank; Eleusine gouinii E.Fourn.; Eleusine gracilis Salisb.; Eleusine inaequalis E.Fourn.; Eleusine inaequalis E. Fourn. ex Hemsl.; Eleusine indica var. major E.Fourn. ..; Eleusine japonica Steud.; Eleusine macrosperma Stokes; Eleusine marginata Lindl.; Eleusine polydactyla Steud.; Eleusine rigidifolia E.Fourn.; Eleusine rigidifolia E. Fourn. ex Hemsl.; Eleusine scabra E.Fourn.; Eleusine scabra E. Fourn. ex Hemsl.; Eleusine textilis Welw. [Invalid]; Juncus loureiroana Schult. & Schult.f.; Leptochloa pectinata (Lam.) Kunth; Paspalum dissectum Kniph. [Illegitimate]; Poa spicata Willd. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Triticum geminatum Spreng.);
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Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Aldabra, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Alabama, Algeria, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Ascension, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, France, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Kermadec Is., Kriti, Leeward Is., Libya, Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Nauru, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Samoa, Sardegna, Society Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Suriname, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Uruguay, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yugoslavia as per POWO;
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Common name: Indian Crowfoot Grass, Indian goosegrass, Wiregrass, Crowfootgrass • Hindi: Malankuri, Balraja, Mandla, Jharnpriya kodu • Kannada: Bilwagaja, ಗಂಜಳ Ganjala, Ganjalada hoo, ಹೆಚ್ಚುಲಿಹುಲ್ಲು Hecchulli hullu • Marathi: Rannachani, Khurd, Khurd-mendi • Nepali: कोदो घाँस Kodo Ghaans, बन काँडे Ban Kaande • Sanskrit: नन्दीमुखी Nandimukhi • Tamil: Thippa ragi, Kevuru • Telugu: Karuchodi, Kuror
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grass Eleusine sp. ID from Hooghly 10/6/12 SK2:

Attaching images of a species which i think is Elusine sp.
Species : Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. ???
Habit & Habitat : grass, about 2.5 feet, village roadside
Date : 2/6/12, 8.54 a.m.
Place : Hooghly, WB

Eleusine indica, I hope.


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“Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: – 01042013MR3 from Pune for ID —MR3” :
12/07/2012
Kindly help Id this plant growing near a well at Pune. The well was fenced so could not go closer. the height was approx 3 feet


its Eleusine indica, Indian goosegrass, Wiregrass or Crowfootgrass

Eleusine sp ?????????


Yes Eleusine indica
Nice photographs.



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“Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: – 01042013MR14 from Pune for ID —MR14” :
12/09/2012
Kindly help Id this plant in the centre in the forefront at Pune. I have only this image


I hope Eleusine indica


Yes. Eleusine indica


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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week ::Poaceae: Grass for id from Panipat- NS 14 :  Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors.
This one was shot from Panipat, what I could guess from the pics is… Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn…though the spikes are yet to emerge..

Right guess


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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae :060413 ARK-12 from Mumbai :  Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors.
Requesting ID of a grass from a cultivated garden in Mumbai in Mar 2013

Looks like DurvaCynodon dactylon


Eleusine indica with fallen florets and leaving only the glumes



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Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.SN June 19 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn, Poacae, common wild weed in the roadside and cultivation area of Coonor, Nilgiri hills, Tamilnadu

 


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Grass ID from Bangladesh SM131 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Wild

Location: Dhaka City

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.



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Eleusine sp. from Assam KD Jul 02 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7).
Attached images may be Eleusine sp.. Please Id the plant.  
Date :06.07.2014
Location: Assam
Family :Poaceae
Genus & species : Eleusine sp.
Habitat: Grows wild on hilly area
Habit : Herb

Eleusine indica, one of the most common weeds.


May be Elusine indica


Eleusine indica


Yes. Eleusine indica


 


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ANOCT27 Please identify this grass (1) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6).

Bangalore outskirts
6th October 2014


Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.


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ANOCT41 Please identify this grass 1 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4).

Bangalore
8th October 2014


Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.



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Eleusine indica? ABAUG01/28 :  5 posts by 2 authors.

Is this the Indian Crowfoot Grass? Please advise.
Eleusine indicaIndian Crowfoot Grass?
Dharamshala, HP
1500m
19 August 2015

Id of another grass : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- 3 mb each.
Request for id of another grass species from Mahe. Photographed in October, 2019.

Eleusine indica ??

Eleusine species for sure.

Eleusine indica



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For validation please : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Request for validation of Eleusine indica from Bilaspur.
Photographed in July, 2020.

You’re right …


Yes. It is.

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SK 2740 19 August 2020 : 10 posts by 1 author. 9 images- 5 to 7 mb each.
Location: Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal
Date: 17 August 2020
Altitude: 1300 m
Habitat : Wild 
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. ??

Eleusine indica


Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.
Nepali Names : कोदो  घाँस Kodo Ghaans /  बन काँडे Ban Kaande

 


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Eleusine indica : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Grass seen yesterday (9.9.20).
It was growing wild.

Eleusine indica


Yes …



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Grass for ID : Bangalore : 30SEP20 : AK-29 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
A wild grass seen near a lake.

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. !


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Need help with hairy ligule grass id: 4 images.
Bhopal
21/4/2021


Eleusine indica


Eleusine indica


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weed from Jhansi 3: 1 high resolution image.
Please help me to identify this weed.
Location: Jhansi, UP

Need to inflorescence for ID for the third one, as per inflorescence……could be Elucine indica– from … in another thread.


Eleusine indica (portion of inflorescence visible on top left corner)


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ID Requested – Monocot Species: 1 image.
Location – Nalanda, Bihar

Germination period- March
Monocot Species

Check Axonopus compressus –
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/08/axonopus-compressus/


This is Elusine indica as identified by … in the other thread


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Grass from Chennai: 3 images.
Found this grass attached to a grow bag which grows a Sapling.
Month: June


I think Eleusine indica (Linn.) Gaertn.,


Yes, it’s …


Yes from me also. Common in South India.


Yes, it’s Eleusina indica


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MS,Nov.,2021/53 Eleusine indica ? for id.: 1 very high res. image.
Location : Tamdil
Date : 11-11-2015
Habit : Perennial grass
Habitat : Wild


yes!


Yes. Eleusine indica inflorescence is visible. Inflorescence of Paspalum conjugatum is also visible.


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Identify the grass: 4 high res. images.
Habitat: grow in moist places
Loc-Kota Rajasthan
Date- 05/07/2022


Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. !


Eleusine indica


 

 


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References:
POWO  Flowers of India

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