Botanical Name - Eragrostris pilosa

----- Eragrostis pilosa, Beauv. F.B.I. V. 7. P. 323.

----- Annual grass, Culms about 1 1/2 ft. high. tufted, often decumbent at the base for a short distance. Leaves linear, very narrow, tapering to an acuminate tip, smooth or, minutely scaberulous. Sheath smooth, glabrous, stiff hairs at the collar, Inflorescence an oblong or pyramidal panicle, rather weak, branches slender, spreading, hairy at the axils. Spikelets numerous, narrow, 7-12-flowered, shorter than the pedicels. Lemmas slightly shaded sith purple colour at the tip.

----- Common in Telangana forests specially in sandstone area. It is considered to be an average fodder grass.