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Eleusine indica (Linn.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1:8. 1788. Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:555. 1884; Duthie, Fodder Grasses 57. 1888; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 7: 293. 1896; Blatter & McCann, Bombay Grasses 259. 1935; Bor, Fl. Assam 5:108. 1940; Tackholm & Drar, Fl. Egypt 1:389. 1941; Sultan & Stewart, Grasses W. Pak. 2:249. 1959; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 493. 1960; Bor in Rech.f., Fl. Iran 70: 437. 1970.
Cynosurus indicus Linn.
Tufted annual; culms 15-85 cm high, erect or geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades usually folded, 5-35 cm long, 2.5-6 mm wide. Inflorescence digitate, composed of 1-10(17) slender ascending spikes 3.5-15 cm long, a few spikes often set below the main apical cluster. Spikelets 3-9-flowered, elliptic, 4.6-7.8 mm long; lower glume 1.1-3.2(3.9) mm long. upper glume 1.8-4.7 mm long; lemmas lanceolate, 2.4-4.8 mm long, acute to subacute.
Fl. & Fr. Per.: June-August.
Type: ? illustration in Burman, Thes. Zeyl. 106, t.47/1.1737.
Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, N.W.F.P. & Kashmir); tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world.
Crab or Crowfoot Grass is considered in some regions to be a good fodder grass. It is highly esteemed as a pasture grass in Australia and North America.
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