FOIBIS

Species Details -
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.  

Accepted name: Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.  
Synonym(s): -Cynosurus   indicus   L.    
English names: Wiregrass
Goose Grass
French names: Eleusine des Indes
Classification: Kingdom:  Plantae
Divison:   Magnoliophyta
Class:   Liliopsida
Order:   Cyperales
Family:   Poaceae
OPL Code: GELEIN
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998)
Lifeform: 3
Lifecycle: A
Source database: FOIBIS, June 2005-2012
Floristic Affinities: -
Distribution: -
Ecosystem:
Microhabitat:
Ethnobotanical Notes: Used for fevers and as vermifuge. Also used in afterbirth(2).
Key Characters: -

Species Codes
NRVIS ID
22262
General Status
OMNR Status
COSEWIC
SRANK
SNA
GRANK
G?
Med Flag
Bayer Codes
ELEIN
 


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