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| Flora of |
Jammu |
| Botanical name |
Vetiveria zizanioides Nash |
| Synonyms |
= Andropogon muricatus Retz. |
| Family |
Poaceae |
| Plant Stage |
Reproductive |
| Place of collection |
R.R.L Nursery |
| Altitude (m) |
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| Date of Collection |
April , 1977 |
| Accession No. |
16125 |
| Total Accessions |
6 |
| Shelf Placement Cup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. |
29/t |
| Remarks: It is a coarse, perennial grass that forms large, dense clumps with a stout, compact, aromatic, branched, spongy rhizome and fibrous root system, up to a depth of 4 m. The culm is erect, measures 1-1.5(-3) m tall, 2-8 mm in diameter, terete, solid and smooth. The leaf sheaths are laterally compressed, measure 10-20 cm long and keeled. |
| Identified by |
Y.K.Sarin |
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