Swamp Millet
Isachne globosa
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Swamp Millet
Identify Swamp Millet 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 flower colour: Pink.
- Confirm fruit surface: Smooth, not spiny.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Swamp Millet.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Isachne globosa
- Genus
- Isachne
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wetlands, fields and marshes
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- India, Southeast Asia
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Myanmar, Japan, extending to Southeast Asia to Australia
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Poaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded“It has distinctive 2-2.5mm globose spikelets, with pink stigmas.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit surface
- Smooth, not spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Swamp Millet itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Swamp Millet
Swamp Millet (Isachne globosa) belongs to the Poaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala and 8 other states. It grows in wetlands, fields and marshes. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Poaceae
Grass family
Swamp Millet belongs to the Poaceae family.
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