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Stewart, J.L. & Brandis D. (1874) The Forest Flora of North-West and Central India Wm. H. Allen & Co.
Large, mostly erect, stems usually massed together in compact clumps. Flowers in a few species on leaf-bearing stems, normally on leafless stems, which die after the seed is ripe. Several species flower annually. Scales absent. Caryopsis with a thick pericarp narrowed into the persistent base of the style. Worldwide: c. 35 species from India and Sri Lanka to China and the Philippines Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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