This is Thysanolaena maxima. Found from sea level in Andamans to above 2000m in the Himalayas. Used for making brooms (phool jhadu) and hence also called Broom grass or broom stick grass. It is a good fodder remaining green throughout the year. Since it is heavily browsed, it is naturally found on rocky slopes where herbivores cannot reach. In protected agriculture fields, it can grow on flat land and can form thick clumps. Maximum production of this grass and its trade is in North East India where truck loads of these inflorescences are transported for making brooms.
On Sunday, March 31, 2013 10:45:43 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > *Arundo donax* L., Sp. pl. 1:81. 1753 > syn: Arundo* bengalensis* Retz.; *Arundo** bifaria* Retz.; *Arundo** > longifolia* Salisb. ex Hook. f.; *Arundo** triflora* Roxb. ex Hook. f. > > Common names: Giant-reed, Spanish-reed > > > > Perennial, with creeping woody rhizomes. Culms erect, up to 5 m high. > Leaf-blades conspicuously distichous, linear-lanceolate, rounded or cordate > at the base, 30-60 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, glabrous, smooth, long-attenuate > at the tip. Panicle 30.60 cm long and 5.8(10) cm wide. Spikelets 10-15 mm > long; glumes subequal, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, (8-)10-13 mm > long, the lower a little shorter than the upper; lemmas lanceolate, > (6)8.5-13 mm long, 3-5-nerved, 3 of the nerves produced as short aristae, > hairy all over the back below the middle with hairs up to 7 mm long. > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
