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Arthraxon lanceolatus

Botanic Family

Poaceae

Author

(Roxburgh) Hochstetter

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• China
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Assam - India
• Lesser Sunda Islands - Indonesia
• Kenya
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Natural Habitats

• Forage

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Annual grass with scandent or creeping culms to 800mm long, glabrous stems. Leaves to 50mm x 8mm glabrous or hairy on edges. Terminal spikes of flowers, 2-4 racemes to 50mm long, rhachis to 3mm long, paired spikelets, sterile spikelets to 5mm long, fertile lemma to 4mm long.

Further References

• FI
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Kew
• GrassBase