Panicum antidotale Retz.

Blue panicum (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Panicum

Characteristics

A perennial grass. It has underground stems or rhizomes. It grows up to 3 m tall. It is woody. The leaf blades are 6-30 cm long and 4-14 mm wide. They are flat and have a sharp point. The flowers are green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.8
Root system creeping-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway

Environment

It is a tropical plant and also grows in temperate places. It grows on sand and sand dunes and on undulating plains. It grows in desert regions. It can grow in salty soils. It can grow in arid places. In Argentina it grows below 500 m above sea level. Western Rajasthan.
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Sand dunes and dry river beds. Found especially in desert regions in Pakistan.
Found especially in desert regions in Pakistan.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

The seed is eaten fried. It is also mixed with millet for bread making.
Uses animal food environmental use fodder food medicinal vertebrate poison
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Carbuncle (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Fumigant (unspecified), Rabies (unspecified), Smallpox (unspecified), Throat (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 25
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Panicum antidotale unspecified picture

Distribution

Panicum antidotale world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Åland Islands, Andorra, Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, Fiji, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Chad, United States of America, Viet Nam, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:410542-1
WFO ID wfo-0000883036
COL ID 4CCXN
BDTFX ID 77827
INPN ID 630294
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Chasea prolifera Panicum antidotale Panicum musciparum Panicum proliferum Paspalum miliare Milium effusum Panicum akoense Panicum brevifolium Panicum sparsum Panicum elliottii Panicum meneri Panicum miliare