Poaceae
Dichanthium caricosum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dichanthium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- حمرور الجبل
- Chinese
- 单穗草
- Urdu
- حمرور الجبل
Synonyms
- Andropogon annulatus var. subrepens Hack.
- Andropogon binatus Roxb.
- Andropogon caricosus L.
- Andropogon caricosus subsp. genuinus Hack.
- Andropogon curvatus Russell ex Wall.
- Andropogon depressus Steud.
- Andropogon filiformis Pers.
- Andropogon serratus Retz.
- Andropogon tenellus Roxb.
- Apocopis pallidus Hook.f.
- Dichanthium caricosum var. bilobum Y.Mahesh, Rasingam & J.Swamy
- Dichanthium caricosum var. theinlwinii (Bor) de Wet & Harlan
- Dichanthium pallidum (Hook.f.) Stapf ex C.E.C.Fisch.
- Dichanthium theinlwinii Bor
- Heteropogon concinnus Thwaites
- Heteropogon tenellus (Roxb.) Schult.
- Lepeocercis serrata Trin.
- Sorghum caricosum (L.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos

Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganjar Cahyadi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.