Occasional along at the sides of marshy areas An ornamental plant cultivated for its grains which is a source of food. The seeds and roots are used to cure arthritis, high cholesterol, warts, hay fever and pain in the joints. EUQEEFAR .M/OAF
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An ornamental plant cultivated for its grains which is a source of food. The seeds and roots are used to cure arthritis, high cholesterol, warts, hay fever and pain in the joints. EUQEEFAR .M/OAF
family
Poaceae
synonym
Coix agrestis Lour., Coix palustris fl Koord.
description
Robust annual herbs. Culms × tufted. Leaves 10-45 1-2.5 cm, linear- oblong, cordate at base, acuminate at apex; sheaths to 6 cm long; ligules ovate, membranous. Inflorescence terminal and axillary peduncled, false spikes, 3-8 cm long, consisting of one female spikelet completely enclosed in a globose or ovoid basal cupule like bract. Male spikelets 2 or 3, exerted × from the mouth of cupule, 5-12 2-4 mm, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate. Lower glume × 4-8 2-4 mm, ovate-elliptic, 2-keeled. × Upper glume 3-7 2-3 mm. Lower floret male. Upper floret male or barren. Stamens 3; anthers 3-5 mm long. Female spikelets 4-14 mm long, globose or ovoid, bony, shining white or grey. Lower glume ovate- oblong, acute. Upper glume ovate. Lower .M/OAF .P/OAF floret female or barren. Upper floret female. Caryopsis 5-7 mm, subglobose, furrowed in the middle.