Poaceae
Indian sandbur
Cenchrus biflorus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cenchrus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Catalan
- Cram-cram
- English
- Indian sandbur
- French
- Cram-cram, Cramcram
- Hausa
- Ƙarangiya
- kai
- Tòdlɗi
- Punjabi
- ਲੇਂਧੜਾ
Synonyms
- Cenchrus annularis Andersson
- Cenchrus barbatus Schumach.
- Cenchrus catharticus Delile
- Cenchrus lapeta Ham. ex Stapf
- Cenchrus leptacanthus A.Camus
- Cenchrus niloticus Fig. & De Not.
- Cenchrus perinvolucratus Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Cenchrus rajasthanensis Kanodia & P.C.Nanda
- Cenchrus triflorus Aitch.
- Elymus caput-medusae Forssk.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ecureuil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: John Newby, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cyril Piou, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: TreeClouds Permaculture, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ecureuil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.