Arthraxon castratus Nayaran. ex Bor

Castrate carpgrass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Arthraxon

Characteristics

Perennial. Culms straggling, decumbent, rooting from lower nodes, 60–200 cm long, culm apex pubescent. Leaf sheaths glabrous to densely papillose-hispid; leaf blades lanceolate, 3–11 cm × 7–15 mm, glabrous or sparsely appressed-hispid, base cordate, margins pectinate-setose, apex acuminate; ligule 1–2 mm. Racemes 2–5, 3–7 cm, brownish green or purplish brown, raceme bases slenderly terete, pubescent; rachis internodes 1/3–4/5 length of sessile spikelets, softly pilose, hairs 0.4–1.5 mm. Sessile spikelet 4–8 mm; lower glume broadly lanceolate, leathery, weakly convex, not laterally keeled, margins flat, back asperulous, 7–9-veined, tuberculate-spinulose above middle especially near margins, spicules longer toward apex; upper glume longer than lower glume, broadly leathery, hyaline margins 0.1–0.2 mm, spicules present along upper midline; lemma margins ciliate; upper lemma 2-toothed, teeth ca. 0.4 mm; awn 10–14 mm; palea lanceolate, 1/2 length of lemma. Anthers 3, 2–3.8 mm. Pedicelled spikelet absent; pedicel subulate, 1–3 mm, pilose. Fl. and fr. autumn–winter. 2n = 18, 36.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal
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Distribution

Arthraxon castratus world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:390022-1
WFO ID wfo-0000849763
COL ID GXZP
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Synonyms

Arthraxon castratus Arthraxon hainanensis Arthraxon rudis Sorghum rude Andropogon pilipes Andropogon castratus Arthraxon pilipes Arthraxon dalatensis Batratherum rude Andropogon rudis