Submitted by naipictuasdharwad on Mon, 09/02/2009 - 15:43
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- Annual grasses
- Weeds in lowland paddy ecosystem
Echinocloa colonum (L) Link ( Jungle rice)
Kannada Name: Oodalu, kadu haraka hullu
Family: Poacea
Description:
- Slender annual
- Height - 60-90 cm. Stem is creeping below and erect above, with rooting at lower nodes. Leaf blade 7.5 to 15 cm long; often blotched with purple or almost black cross bands. Ligule is absent.
- Inflorescence is a panicle branching racemes rather distant.
- Widely distributed throughout the warm tropics.
- Propagation - seeds
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