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Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Panicum maximum |
| Family name: |
POACEAE
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| English name: |
Guinea grass
Green panic grass
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| Sinhala name: |
Gini tana (ගිණි තණ )
Rata tana (රටතණ)
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| Conservation status: |
NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
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| Description: |
Caespitose perennial often forming large clumps; culms mostly 1 - 3 m tall, mostly unbranched, internodes cylindrical, slightly grooved on one side, hollow or solid, glabrous, nodes densely appressed-hispid. sheaths papillose-hirsute to glabrous, usually densely pubescent at the collar; ligule 4-6 mm long; blades flat, bright green, 15-76 cm long, 1-3.5 cm wide, glabrous on margins, sometimes hirsute on upper surface; panicle rather loose, erect or nodding, 15-50 cm long, about one-third as wide, with 3-7 whorled lowermost branches; spikelets 3-4 mm long, awnless, green or tinged with purple, with 2 florets of which only the upper is fertile; first glume about one-third the length of spikelet; mature upper floret (seed) white, not glossy.
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Naturalized Exotic
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| Edible parts: |
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| Treatment for: |
Pains
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Whole Plant
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