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Johnson grass, Egyptian grass |
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| Halbi Name | Jondari lata |
 Main Photo of The Weed |
| Vernacular name | Baru | |
| Scientific name | Sorghum halpense (Linn.) Pers | |
| Family | Poaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | ||
| Leaves | Leaves with sheath and blade 30-50 cm long, broad, smooth and flat. | Photo Gallery |
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| Habitat and distribution | Open areas | |
| Flowering and fruiting | September - November. | |
| Associated with | Road side flora | |
| Habit | Perennial, rhizomatous, stout, erect, 1-3 m height, 1-2 diameter and base pith with a sugary juice, nodes and internodes quite distinct. | |
| Inflorescence | Panicles-large, loose with whorl of spreading branching, spikelets in groups of 3, central one sessile and fertile, seed- 2.5 mm long, oval reddish brown in colour. | |
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