Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Poaceae / Gramineae
Eriochloa procera (Retz.) C.E. Hubbard
(Syn: Agrostis procera Retz.)
English name: Tropical cupgrass, Spring grass.
Local name:
Description:
An annual tufted grass, culms 20-100 cm high, erect or geniculately ascending,
Inflorescence composed of racemes, spikelets in pairs, pedicles free or fused,
oblong, glabrous.
Flowering Period:
May and again inAugust to October.
Habitat:
Commonly found in gardens roadsides, pathways. It favors
Damp places, ditches and the edge of the paddy fields.
Uses:
Used as a fodder.
Distribution:
Widely distributed but nowhere very common.
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