Trees & Plants
Marine couch Boaonuhiri
Sporobolus virginicus (L.)
Common along the water logged areas of coastal region A decoction of the plant is taken for urinary irritation and kidney complaints. The grass is regarded as nutritious forage for cattle.
Details § 01 uses A decoction of the plant is taken for urinary irritation and kidney complaints. The grass is regarded as nutritious forage for cattle. family Poaceae synonym Agrostis virginica L., Zoysia tremula (Willd.) B.D.Jacks. description Perennials; culms stoloniferous, creeping and spreading by long, slender rhizomes, 15-60 cm long; nodes glabrous. × Leaves 4-18 0.3-0.6 cm, lanceolate, base rounded, apex acuminate, inrolled; sheaths to 5 cm long; ligule a row of hairs. Panicles 5-12.5 cm long, narrow, somewhat appressed to rachis. Spikelets ca. 2 mm long, lanceolate. Lower glume lanceolate. Upper glume ovate-lanceolate. Lemma lanceolate. Palea elliptic, delicate. Stamens 3; anthers brownish. Stigmas white. native range Western Australia distribution The tropics and subtropics Kunth english names Marine couch · Sand couch · for Salt-water couch flowering fruiting July – September occurrence maldives Common along the water logged areas of coastal region Quick facts
scientific name Sporobolus virginicus (L.) dhivehi (roman) Boaonuhiri family Poaceae Cite this page
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