Botanical Name - Ischaemum pilosum

----- Ischaemum pilosum, hack.; Vern. Kundara gaddi, Tel.

----- Rhizome stoloniferous; culms erect, up to 4 ft. high. Leaves 2-14 in. long 0. 15 to 0.3 in. wide. Racemes 3-6, rarely only 2. 3-8 in. long; joints and pedicels subclavate, compressed, yellow or brownish pilose. Lower glumes of both spikelets narrowly lanceolate, awn slender. Upper lemma of pedicelled spikelets shortly 2-lobed with a slender aris.

----- Found mostly in the Mahratwada side B.C. soil and is a pest to the cultivator. A moderate fodder grass.