Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Poaceae / Gramineae
Paspalum paspaloides (Michx.) Scribner
English name: Knotgrass, Water grass.
Local name:
Koda.
Description:
A hydrophytes creeping stoloniferous perennial grass of moist areas; a dwarf grass
culms 6-35 cm high.
Flowering Period:
April to May and August to September.
Habitat:
It occurs as a garden weed, along ditches and irrigation
channels, in rice fields, and is gregarious in swampy places.
Uses:
It provides good pasturage, especially on alluvial flats
known as Knot-grass having high nutritional values.
Distribution:
Pakistan, tropics and Sub-tropics throughout the world.
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