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Itch grass, rice grass (English) |
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| Vernacular name | Bura | |
| Scientific name | Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton | |
| Family | Poaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | ||
| Leaves | Silicaceous, fragile, irritating hairs covering the leaf sheaths that breaks off on contact with the skin | Photo Gallery |
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| Fruit/ seed | ||
| Habitat and distribution | Margins of upland woods, upland stream banks | |
| Flowering and fruiting | June - October. | |
| Associated with | Moist places | |
| Habit | Erect, strongly tufted, C4, annual grass, vigorous competitor and for being able to reach a height of up to 4 metre. | |
| Inflorescence | The inflorescence is a jointed, cylindrical raceme, 1-6 inch long. Under favorable conditions, itchgrass starts producing seeds 6-7 weeks after emergence. Seed production continues throughout the growing season. Leaf blades are long, wide and flat. Itchg | |
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