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Dichanthium caricosum A.Camus

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, stoloniferous. Culms tufted at nodes of stolons, geniculately ascending, 30–60 cm tall, nodes glabrous or pubescent. Leaf sheaths compressed, keeled, shorter than internodes; leaf blades flat, 15–20 cm × 2.5–5 mm, glabrous or with a few hairs at base, margins smooth or scabrid, apex acuminate; ligule less than 1 mm, margin ciliate. Inflorescence terminal; peduncle glabrous; racemes (1–)2–4, 2.5–5 cm, with 1–3 pairs of homogamous spikelets. Sessile spikelet 3–3.5 mm; lower glume obovate-elliptic or obovate-oblong, papery, 8–12-veined, glabrous or often sparsely hirsute on lower back, slightly glossy, margins shortly ciliate, keels winged, apex rounded; upper glume ciliate above middle, apex obtuse; awn 1.5–2.5 cm, weakly geniculate. Caryopsis obovate-oblong. Pedicelled spikelet many-veined, resembling sessile. Fl. and fr. Oct–Mar. 2n = 20, 40.
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Perennial; culms 25–100 cm. high, geniculately ascending.. Leaf-blades 3–20 cm. long, 2–7 mm. wide.. Inflorescence composed of 1–10 subdigitate shortly pedunculate racemes, the peduncles glabrous; racemes 3–7.5 cm. long, the spikelets imbricate, with 1–3 smaller homogamous pairs at the base.. Sessile spikelet elliptic to obovate, 3–4 mm. long; lower glume firmly chartaceous, broadly convex, pilose below the middle, glabrous above or with scattered hairs near margin and apex, broadly obtuse or with a subacute membranous tip; awn 10–20 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 1.0
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Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fodder medicinal
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Cultivation

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Optimum temperature (C°) 32 - 35
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Distribution

Dichanthium caricosum world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, China, Cook Islands, Cuba, Fiji, Honduras, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Mauritius, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:398532-1
WFO ID wfo-0000863560
COL ID 35KQJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 672208
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Synonyms

Andropogon filiformis Andropogon tenellus Dichanthium pallidum Dichanthium theinlwinii Heteropogon tenellus Lepeocercis serrata Sorghum caricosum Andropogon serratus Apocopis pallidus Heteropogon concinnus Andropogon binatus Andropogon caricosus Andropogon curvatus Andropogon depressus Andropogon annulatus var. subrepens Dichanthium caricosum var. theinlwinii Dichanthium caricosum
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