Rajaji NP

Dendrocalamus strictus

Dendrocalamus strictus (Lathi Bans) Dendrocalamus strictus is a bamboo species belonging to the Dendrocalamus genus. The culms (stems) are often solid. It is a tall, dull long green-colored bamboo species, which grows in thickets consisting of a large number of heavily branched, closely growing culms. It reaches a height of 6–18 m.

Dactyloctenuum aegyptium

Dactyloctenuum aegyptium Dactyloctenium aegyptium, or Egyptian crowfoot grass is a member of the family Poaceae native in Africa. The plant mostly grows in heavy soils at damp sites. This grass creeps and has a straight shoot which are usually about 30 centimeters tall.

Cytococcum pantens

Cytococcum pantens Culms hollow, creeping, smooth and glabrous, upper part of Culm more erect to 15-60cm tall, rooting at the nodes. Leaf sheaths loosely pilose, with tubercle-based hairs.

Cyrtococcum accrescens

Cyrtococcum accrescens Culms hollow, creeping, upper part of culms more erect to 15-45 cm long and 7-9 -noded and rooting from the lower nodes. Glumes similar but shorter than the spikelet, thinner than the fertile lemma. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume, obovate, 1.5-1.7 mm long; equal the spikelet, membranous and pilose. …

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Cynodon arcuatus

Cynodon arcuatus (Dog’s Tooth grass) Cynodon arcuatus is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to warm temperate to tropical regions, It is also noted for its common use on the surface of greens on golf courses, as well as football and baseball playing fields. and its species are commonly known …

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Cynodon dactylon

Cynodon dactylon (Dhoob) Cynodon dactylon, also known as Bermuda grass, Dhoob, dūrvā grass. The blades are a grey-green colour and are short, usually 4-15 cm long with rough edges. The erect stems can grow 1-30 cm, rarely to 3 ft, tall. The stems are slightly flattened, often tinged purple in color. The grass grown in …

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Cymbopogon flexuosus

Cymbopogon flexuosus (Lemon Grass) Cymbopogon flexuosus, also called Cochin grass. Cochin Grass is a perennial grass arising from a short stout rhizome. Culms (stems) are robust, up to 3 m tall, Its essential oil is produced by steam distillation of the freshly cut leaves, or it can be extracted using alcohol.

Cymbopogn martini

Cymbopogn martini (Palmarosa) Cymbopogon martinii is a species of grass in the genus Cymbopogon (lemongrasses) native to India and Indochina, but widely cultivated in many places for its aromatic oil. It is best known by the common name palmarosa (palm rose) as it smells sweet and rose-like. The grass grown in Hill slopes.

Coix lacryma-jobi

Coix lacryma-jobi (Samkru) It is a coarse annual herb. The stem is erect, branched, rather coarse, and stout, and 1-2 m high. The berries are also strung as beads, used as rosaries, made into curtains, trays, bags etc. The juice from the stem is squeezed into the eye to relieve irritation due to injury.

Chrysopogon fulvus

Chrysopogon fulvus (Dhaulu) Reddish-Yellow Beared Grass or Dhaulu is a mountain grass with stems densely clustered. Reddish-Yellow Beard grass is found in Tropical Asia and East Africa. It is found in the lower Himalayas, at altitudes of 300-900 m. flowering: October-December.