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The male inflorescence consists of several spikes, 1 to 3 inches long, forming umbels, with membranous leafy spathaceous bracts which are shorter than the spikes.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Male spikelets are 1- to 2-flowered, subsessile, distichous, jointed on rigid peduncled spikes, which are collected in umbels and surrounded by spathaceous leafy bracts.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Inflorescences consist of spiciform racemes with spathaceous bracts; rachis is jointed.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.