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Dichanthium annulatum

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Name

Identification
Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Andropogon bladhii Retz. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Andropogon scandens
  • Andropogon papillosus
  • Andropogon annulatum
  • Dichanthium papillosum
  • Andropogon fasciculatus
  • Andropogon bladhii
  • Andropogon comosus
  • Andropogon caricosus
  • Dichanthium annulatum
  • Andropogon annulatus
  • Dichanthium erectum
Common name
  • ebastan (A.Chev.) (MALI, TAMACHEK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for DICHANTHIUM annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
DICHANTHIUM annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf [family POACEAE], (1917);
Andropogon annulatus Forssk. [family POACEAE], (1775). [type as above]
Information
Tufted perennial with conspicuously bearded nodes, up to 100 cm high. Inflorescence composed of (1–)2–15 subdigitate, shortly pedunculate racemes; racemes 3–7 cm long, the spikelets subimbricate, with 0–6 smaller homogamous spikelet-pairs at the base. Sessile spikelet narrowly oblong, 2–6 cm long; lower glume firmly cartilaginous, without a pit, slightly concave, pubescent to villous below, with bulbous-based hairs above, obtuse to subacute; upper lemma with an awn 8–25 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet as long as the sessile, without a pit.
Notes
Aiyah macareh, aus guran, darer adili, domar, jebin (Som.).

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