Goose grass (Eleusine indica)

Goose grass (Eleusine indica) is a species of plant in Poaceae, terrestrial, herbaceous, tufted, erect, has roots in nodes, grows in warm and wet areas, open in rice fields, gardens, roadsides and trails.

E. indica has a horizontal to vertical stem base, flat to cylindrical, sturdy, branching to form a trident, green to brown. Fibrous and strong roots. The leaves are ribbon-shaped, green, pointed at the tip and a vein in the middle.



The inflorescence at the end of the stalk is long, erect, cylindrical, green and firm. Bisexual flowers, arranged together at the terminal, green with invisible petals. Goose grass reproduces naturally using seeds.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Eleusine Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 7 (1788)
Species: Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 8 (1788)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Cynodon indicus (L.) Raspail in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 303 (1825)
Cynosurus indicus L. in Sp. Pl.: 72 (1753)
Eleusine distans Moench in Methodus: 210 (1794)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Juncus loureiroana Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 238 (1929)
Chloris repens Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 1: 353 (1840)
Cynosurus ara Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3816 I (1831)
Cynosurus pectinatus Lam. in Encycl. 2: 188 (1786)
Eleusine distachya Trin. ex Steud. (1840)
Eleusine distans Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 61 (1821)
Eleusine domingensis Sieber ex Schult. in Mant. 2: 323 (1824)
Eleusine glabra Schumach. in Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 53 (1827)
Eleusine gonantha Schrank in Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 191 (1824)
Eleusine gouinii E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 146 (1886)
Eleusine inaequalis E.Fourn. (1886)
Eleusine indica var. major E.Fourn. (1886)
Eleusine indica var. monostachya F.M.Bailey in Queensl. Fl. 6: 1898 (1902)
Eleusine indica var. monostachys Bailey (1902)
Eleusine indica var. oligostachya Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 636 (1927)
Eleusine indica var. sandaensis Vanderyst in Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 122 (1920)
Eleusine japonica Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 211 (1854)
Eleusine macrosperma Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 150 (1812)
Eleusine marginata Lindl. in T.L.Mitchell, Three Exped. Australia 1: 819 (1838)
Eleusine pectinata (Lam.) Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 203 (1792)
Eleusine polydactyla Steud. (1854)
Eleusine rigidifolia E.Fourn. (1886)
Eleusine scabra E.Fourn. (1886)
Eleusine textilis Welw. in J. Trav. Nat. Hist. 1: 31 (1868)
Leptochloa pectinata (Lam.) Kunth in Révis. Gramin. 1: 91 (1829)
Paspalum dissectum Kniph. in Bot. Orig., ed. 2, 11: n.° 741 (1764)
Poa spicata Willd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 362 (1841)

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VERNACULAR NAME

Afrikaans: Indiese osgras, Jongosgras, Jongosgraspol, Jongospol, Ospol, Sterkpol
Chinese (simplified): 牛筋草 - 蛐蛐胡
Chinese (traditional): 牛筋草
Czech: Kalužnice indická
Danish: Fingerhirse
Dutch: Plat handjesgras
English: Goose grass, India goose grass, Crab grass, Crowfoot grass, Crow's foot, Indian crowfoot grass, Indian yard-grass, Rapoko grass, Wiregrass, Yard grass, Silver crabgrass
Estonian: India sõrmhirss
Filipino: Bakis-bakisan, Bila-bila, Paragis, Sambali, Sabung-sabungan
Finnish: Etelänsormihirssi
French: Éleusine des Indes
German: Eleusine
Hebrew: אלבסיני הודית - דגנה הודית
Hindi: मालंकुरी - बलराजा - मंडला - झरनप्रिया कोडू Malankuri, Balraja, Mandla, Jharnpriya kodu
Hong Kong: 牛筋草
Hungarian: Aszályfű
Indonesia: Rumput belulang, Rumput lulang, Sambau
Italian: Gramigna indiana
Java: Suket lulangan, Suket welulang
Jinan: 蛐蛐胡
Kannada: Bilwagaja, Ganjala, Ganjalada hoo, Hecchulli hullu
Korean: 왕바랭이
Macao: 牛筋草
Malayalam: Kattuthina, raahi
Malaysia: Rumput Sambau
Marathi: Mahar-nachni, Rannachani, Khurd, Khurd-mendi
Ndebele: Umnyankomo
Nepali: कोदो घान्स - बान काँडे Kodo Ghaans, Ban Kaande
Polish: Manneczka indyjska
Portuguese: Grama-indiana
Russian: Элевсина индийская
Sanskrit: Madhulika, Nandimukhi
Slovak: Eleuzína indická
Slovenian: Indijska prosenka
Sotho: Lia-ngoetsi
Spanish: Escobilla de la India, Pata de gallina, Yerba blanca, Yerba dulce
Sunda: Jampang, Carulang
Swedish: Gåshirs
Taiwan: 牛筋草
Tamil: திப்பா ராகி - கேவுரு Thippa ragi, Kevuru
Telugu: Karuchodi, Kuror
Thai: หญ้าตีนกา
Tswana: Selekangwetsi, Tekangwetsi
Turkish: Kazotu
United Kingdom: Indian yard-grass
Zulu: Umnyalakhobe

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