Cymbopogon flexuosus

Panicle

(close-up)

showing

racemes

(1-1.5 cm long)

'Malabar lemon grass'

Genus profile

Cymbopogon Spreng. (Tribe Andropogoneae)

Species No: ca. 40 (World); 21 (India); 5 (Kerala)

Distribution: Old World tropics & subtropics

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Brachiaria distachya

Racemes

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Apocopis cochinchinensis

Raceme

close-up

showing

spikelets

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Arundinella leptochloa

Panicle

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Ischaemum commutatum

Sessile &

Pedicelled

spikelets

Genus profile

Ischaemum L. (Tribe Andropogoneae)

Species No: ca. 75 (World); ca.50 (India); 35 (Kerala)

Distribution: Tropics & subtropics (mainly Asia)

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Urochloa panicoides

Racemes

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Digitaria longiflora

Habit &

Raceme

(close-up)

showing

spikelets

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Isachne gracilis

Panicle

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Glyphochloa acuminata

Raceme

close-up

Genus profile

Glyphochloa W.D. Clayton (Tribe Andropogoneae)

Species No: 11 (India); 3 (Kerala)

Distribution: Endemic to Peninsular India

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Eragrostis tenella

Habit

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Paspalum scorbiculatum

Raceme

close-up

See also: http://kiranrajms.8m.com/photo3.html

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Bhidea bursiana

Sessile &

Pedicelled

spikelets

Genus profile

Bhidea Stapf ex Bor (Tribe Andropogoneae)

Species No: 2 (India); 2 (Kerala)

Distribution: Endemic to Western Ghats (India)

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Ischaemum pushpangadani

Sessile &

pedicelled

spikelets

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Chandrasekharania keralensis

Raceme

Genus profile

Chandrasekharania V.J.Nair et. al. (Tribe Arundinelleae)

Species No: 1 (India); 1 (Kerala)

Distribution: Endemic to southern Western Ghats (India)

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Oplismenus burmanii

Raceme

close-up showing

spikelets

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Melinis minutiflora

Panicle

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Ischaemum rangacharianum

Sessile &

pedicelled

spikelets

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Heteropogon contortus

Raceme

close-up

showing

2 spikelets

Medicinal

Genus profile

Heteropogon Pers. (Tribe Andropogoneae)

Species No: 6 (World); 5 (India); 1 (Kerala)

Distribution: Tropics & subtropics

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Eleusine indica

Racemes &
close-up

(inset)

See also at http://kiranrajms.8m.com/photo3.html

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Echinochloa colona

Raceme

close-up

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Echinochloa stagnina

Inflorescence

showing

racemes

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Dimeria hohenackeri

Racemes

Genus profile

Dimeria R. Br. (Tribe Andropogoneae)

Species No: ca. 65 (World); 35 (India); 20 (Kerala)

Distribution: tropics & subtropics (mainly Asia)

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Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Racemes

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Chrysopogon aciculatus

Panicle close-up

showing

spikelets

Medicinal

Genus profile

Chrysopogon Trin. (Tribe Andropogoneae)

Species No: ca. 30 (World); 20 (India); 6 (Kerala)

Distribution: Worldwide tropics, subtropics & warm temperates

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Eragrostis unioloides

Panicle

close-up

showing

6 spikelets

See Also http://kiranrajms.8m.com/photo3.html

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