Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Poaceae / Gramineae
Saccharum ravennae (L.) Murr.
(Syn: Andropogon ravennae L.)
English name: Ravenna grass, Plume grass.
Local name: Dholu.
Description:
Tall caespitose perennial grass; flowering stem up to 4.5 m high. Leaf-blades up to
100 cm long, 3-20 mm wide, flat. Panicle 25-70 cm long, dense, the axis markedly
angular (usually 6-angled), peduncle glabrous; racemes 1.5-3 cm long, much
shorter than the supporting branches, the internodes and pedicels hirsute with hairs
3-6 mm. long. Spikelets slightly heteromorphous, 3-6 mm long, glumes equal,
membranous, upper lemma narrow, lower lemma lanceolate, glabrous.
Flowering Period:
August to December.
Habitat:
Found in dry as well as near to agricultural fields.
Uses:
Avaluable fodder species.
Distribution:
Pakistan, Northern India and South West Asia
Westwards to the Mediterranean region.