Goose Grass
Eleusine indica
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
How to identify Goose Grass
Identify Goose Grass by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm fruit surface: Smooth, not spiny.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Goose Grass.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Eleusine indica
- Genus
- Eleusine
- Family
- Poaceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Assam, Manipur, Goa, Gujarat, Odisha, Bihar, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Sikkim
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Poaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit surface
- Smooth, not spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Goose Grass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- ববচা বন
About Goose Grass
Goose Grass (Eleusine indica) is a species in the Poaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 24 other states.
Poaceae
Grass family
Goose Grass belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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