Botanical Name - Saccharum spontaneum

----- Saccharum spontaneum, Linn.; F.B.I. V. 7. P. 118. Vern. Rellu gaddi, Tel.

----- A tall perennial grass. Stem 5-20 ft., full of pith, leaves erect; very long and narrow panicles up to 2 ft. usually rather contracted, silvery.

----- Common all over the State in moist places and near water courses.

----- Note : - Patridge identifies this species as " Barroo " which is used in making Indian pens. Any thickly noded grass can be used for this purpose but the actual Barroo is species of Pseudosorghum.