Oryza coarctata Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Oryza

Characteristics

A grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It has extensive creeping rhizomes or underground stems. It grows 2 m high. The leaf blades are 40 cm long by 12 mm wide. The flower panicle is 10-20 cm long and narrow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

A subtropical plant. It grows in water. It can grow in saline soil. It grows in dense mats at the mouth of the Indus River. It is flooded at high tide.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-12
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Oryza coarctata world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327885-2
WFO ID wfo-0000882348
COL ID 74ZDD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Porteresia coarctata Sclerophyllum coarctatum Indoryza coarctata Oryza triticoides Oryza coarctata