Ochlandra setigera Gamble
- Habit
- Culms: caespitose
- Culm Diameter: 1.2 - 1.8 cm
- Culm Internode Length: 25 - 30 cm
- Wall thickness: Thin-walled
- Height: 6 meter
- Identification Features: Culm; smooth, nodes hardly swollen; Culm-sheaths persistent, 15-19 cm long, chartaceous; Leaves lanceolate, 12-26 cm long, 1.8-3 cm wide; Inflorescence a short terminal or axillary spike on leafy branchlets, Sterile spikelets in heads, smaller than the fertile; Caryopsis with fleshy pericarp, oblong, Endosperm farinose.
- Flowering Cycle:
- Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
- Altitude: 1000 meter
- Uses: Handicrafts, Cattle fodder