Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Poaceae / Gramineae
Dactyloctenium scindicum Boiss.
(Syn: Dactyloctenium glaucophyllum Courb . )
English name:
Local name: Kirtio, Madaro gaa h.
Description:
A perennial stoloniferous extensively spreading mat forming grass of bush land and
sandy habitat. Flowering stem is slender with swollen bases, 7-45 cm high, erect,
widely spreading, and rooting at distant, thickened, woody nodes. A common gravel
grass throughout the area, often covering large patches of land with woody stolons,
spikes digitate, usually 4 together, thick, short, characteristically
curved downwards. Spikelets unarmed.
Flowering Period:
September to May.
Habitat:
Xerophytic. Found in bushlands and sandy areas.
Uses:
Considered as a good fodder grass.
Distribution:
Hottest part of Middle East to Pakistan and India.
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