Annual herb ; up to 40-90 cm long , caespitose . Stems (culms) erect , 3-5-noded . Leaves 10-45 cm long , 6-15 mm wide , scabrous , apex acute . Inflorescences composed of racemes , 6-12 cm long (excluding the awns) , oblong-linear , dense ; rhachis tough ; spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets ; without rhachilla extension ; glumes 10-30 mm , collateral , shorter than spikelet , gaping ; lemma of fertile spikelet ovate-lanceolate , rounded on the back ; lemmas of lateral spikelets smaller , obtuse , awnless . Fruits caryopsis with adherent pericarp ; sulcate on hilar side ; hairy at the apex . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Frumentum hordeum E.H.L.Krause
Hordeum aestivum R.E.Regel
Hordeum jarenskianum R.E.Regel
Hordeum sativum Jess.
Hordeum vulgare var. abdulbasirovii Omarov
Secale orientale Schreb. ex Roth
Triticum hordeiforme Wall. ex Steud.
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Barley
As food in the past days. Recenly mainly cultivated as fodder for livestock. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
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