Tall rhizomatous perennial reed ; up to 4 m tall . Stems (culms) erect , hollow , reed-like , simple , with hollow internodes . Leaves alternate , cauline ; leaf blades 20-60 cm x 8-32 mm , deciduous , flat , smooth beneath , the tip filiform and flexuous , sometimes shorter and tightly rolled , stiff and pungent . Inflorescences panicle 15-20(-30) cm long ; spikelets with upper glume lanceolate , sharply acute and usually apiculate ; rhachilla hairy ; glumes shorter than the lowest lemmas , 3-to 5-veined , lower glume ovate , 2 . 7-5 mm long ; upper glume lanceolate or elliptic-oblong , 5 . 5-9 mm long ; floret callus linear , plumose ; fertile lemmas hyaline , 1-to 3-veined , glabrous , long-caudate , entire . Fruit caryopsis with an adherent pericarp . Seeds 2 to 3 mm long . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Arundo donax Forssk.
Phragmites communis Trin.
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European Common Reed
Common Reedgrass
Giant Reed
Phrag
Known used to make a well-known traditional flute givin the same plant name 'rough'. In some areas in N Oman, known to be used for water desalination. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. https://en.wikipedia.org https://www.eeob.iastate.edu POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
