Chrysopogon orientalis

Chrysopogon orientalis (Desv.) A.Camus, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 332 1922. (Syn: Andropogon aristulatus Hochst. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Andropogon aristulatus Hochst. ex Hack. [Illegitimate]; Andropogon breviaristatus Steud.; Andropogon distichophyllus Hook.f.; Andropogon orientalis (Desf.) Druce; Andropogon wightianus Steud.; Chrysopogon collinus Ridl.; Chrysopogon distichophyllus (Hook.f.) D.Rhind; Chrysopogon sinensis Rendle; Chrysopogon wightianus Thwaites; Rhaphis orientalis Desv.; Rhaphis wightiana (Steud.) B.D.Jacks.; Sorghum orientale (Desv.) Kuntze);

Culms densely tufted, erect, to 70 cm. Leaf-blades flat or plicate, 5-10 x 0.2-0.4 cm, pubescent adaxially; ligule to 0.5 cm. Panicles oblong, to 14 cm. Sessile spikelet: lower glume to 0.55 cm, folded, hirsute at apex; upper glume to 0.8 cm, densely ciliate abaxially, awn to 1.6 cm; lower lemma to 0.55 cm; upper lemma to 0.6 cm , awn to 0.6 cm; callus to 0.5 cm. Pedicelled spikelet: lower glume to 0.75 cm, awn to 1.5 cm; upper glume to 0.75 cm; lower lemma to 0.75 cm; upper lemma to 0.5 cm.

Flowering and fruiting: July

Grasslands

South India and Myanmar

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

from India Biodiversity Portal)