A reply: "Yes. It is Rottboellia cochinchinensis also called Rottboellia exaltata. If you observe the lowest leaf sheaths, you can find stiff hairs, which also may sting or itch when touched. Hence, this is also called Itch grass." from Manoj Chandran ji.
On 24/09/2012, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > > Received an ID suggestion that fits very well with this grass, *Rottboellia > cochinchinensis* (Loureiro) Clayton - > > 1. description - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242414244 > 2. image - > > http://www.nature-museum.net/Share/DFS.ashx?id=2f6ba228-56c8-4e48-99ad-1eb906b67b01&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 > 3. > > http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/image-display.php?species_id=109200&image_id=2 > > Regards, > surajit > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 15 September 2012 23:57 > Subject: [efloraofindia:130865] grass ID2 from Hooghly 15/9/12 SK2 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Sir, > > Found this grass beside a railway platform, today. Could this be another * > Hemarthria* species? > > Species : UNKNOWN > Habit & Habitat : about 4 feet or more tall, a few even more than 5.5 feet; > leaves = length more than 45 cm, leaf width 1.7 cm; inflorescence (?) avg. > 15 cm. > Date : 15/9/12, 2.15 p.m. > Place : Begampur (Hooghly) > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members & > 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members & 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
