Burmann's Basketgrass
Oplismenus burmannii
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- July-February
How to identify Burmann's Basketgrass
Identify Burmann's Basketgrass 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 leaf margin: Undulate.
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Meghalaya and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Burmann's Basketgrass.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Oplismenus burmannii
- Genus
- Oplismenus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropical regions of Old and New Worlds
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- UndulaterecordedA wavy, rippled edge.“The plant's leaves are 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long and 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) wide and are undulate as well.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Burmann's Basketgrass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded“Its glumes are of pinkish-red colour and are much longer than the spikelet.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Its inflorescence is 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) and consists of a small number of short racemes, which have spikelets on them, which are attached to the central axis.” — 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 Burmann's Basketgrass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Burmann's Basketgrass
Burmann's basketgrass (Oplismenus burmannii) belongs to the Poaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and 12 other states. It grows in moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from July to February.
Poaceae
Grass family
Burmann's Basketgrass belongs to the Poaceae family.
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