Morphological characteristics
Perennial, erect, and usually rhizomatous grass of variable height; panicles open, basal panicle branches whorled with spikelets inserted half way or more from base; spikelets 4.3-8.8 mm long and 2-3.3 mm wide; anthers around 1.5-4.5 mm long.
Chromosome number
2n=2x=24 and 2n=4x=48
Genome
CC
Distribution
Australia, Bangladesh; Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Habitat
Found at the edge of or in forests, evergreen or deciduous forests; or low, open vegetation; in abandoned or rarely on the edge of cultivated rice fields or fruit/plantain gardens, in Southeast Asia near the coast. Grows in seasonally wet areas, ditches, swampy/marsh places, near small water holes, and along lakesides, streams, or rivers. Prefers alluvial silt soils or sandy soils on limestone. Found in full sun or partial shade.
