Teff Grass
Eragrostiella bifaria
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- August-January
How to identify Teff Grass
Identify Teff Grass by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm fruit surface: Smooth, not spiny.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Teff Grass.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Eragrostiella bifaria
- Genus
- Eragrostiella
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands, sandy areas near streams, rocky hills and plains in deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Nepal
- Found in India
- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- 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 Teff Grass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- എരഗ്രോസ്റ്റില്ല
About Teff Grass
A member of the Poaceae family, Teff Grass (Eragrostiella bifaria) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 9 other states. It grows in grasslands, sandy areas near streams, rocky hills and plains in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Poaceae
Grass family
Teff Grass belongs to the Poaceae family.
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