Sanna Kaddi / Mission Grass
Pennisetum polystachion
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- April-December
How to identify Sanna Kaddi
Identify Sanna Kaddi 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 arrangement: Panicle.
- Confirm fruit surface: Smooth, not spiny.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sanna Kaddi.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Poaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The inflorescence is a compact, spikelike panicle up to 8 or 10 centimeters long.” — 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 Sanna Kaddi itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಸಣ್ಣಕಡ್ಡಿ Sanna kaddi, ನೇಪಿಯರ್ ಹುಲ್ಲು Napier hullu
About Sanna Kaddi
Mission Grass (Pennisetum polystachion) belongs to the Poaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand. It grows in degraded moist deciduous forests and waste places. Flowering and fruiting run from April to December.
Poaceae
Grass family
Sanna Kaddi belongs to the Poaceae family.
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