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Echinochloa colona (L.) Link

[ Family : Poaceae ]
[ Synonyms : Brachiaria longifolia Gilli ; Digitaria cuspidata (Roxb.) Schult.; Echinochloa divaricata Andersson ; Echinochloa zonalis (Guss.) Parl.; Milium colonum (L.) Moench ; Oplismenus colonus (L.) Kunth ; Oplismenus repens J.Presl ; Orthopogon dichotomus Llanos ; Panicum colonum L.; Panicum haematodes C.Presl ; Panicum hookeri Parl.; Panicum zonale Guss.; Setaria brachiariiformis (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz ]
[ Common name (Local) : Shyama ghas, Sama, Syamaka ]
Name in other Languages :
  • Bengali : Shyama ghas, Sama | Sanskrit : Syamakah | Hindi : Jharwa, Shama | Tribal : Not available yet | English : Shama millet, Cockspur, Jungle rice, Swampgrass | Other Languages : Kavada (Mal.) ; Karumpul (Tam.) ; Othagaddi, Wundu (Tel.)
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Habit : Slender annual grass
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