Dinochloa scandens (Blume ex Nees) Kuntze

• Habit
• Culms: Caespitose
• Culm Diameter: 1.5 - 2.5 cm
• Wall thickness: Thick-walled

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• Identification Features: Culms scandent, Culm-internodes terete, distally pubescent; Culm-sheaths deciduous but leaving a persistent girdle, auriculate, lanceolate, 8 cm long; Leaves lanceolate, 15-25 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm wide; Inflorescence bractiferous, clustered at the nodes, in globose clusters; Fruit a Caryopsis with fleshy pericarp, orbicular, 5 mm long, Endosperm evanescent.
• Flowering Cycle:
• Distribution: India (Andaman Island, Nicobar Island), Borneo, Jawa, Malaya,Thailand
• Uses: