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Local name: আঙ্গুলি ঘাস, বড় কাঁকড়া , কাঁকড়া আঙুল ঘাস
English name: Hairy crabgrass, Hairy finger-grass, Large crabgrass, Crab finger grass, Purple crabgrass.
Scientific name: Digitaria sanguinalis
Family: Poaceae
Annual grass, herb.
Dry to moist soils. Cannot persist in water logged area.
Kharif.
Aus rice, maize, tea and cotton etc.
Only by seeds; prolific seed producer. Short seed dormancy.
Lamina and leaf cover hairy, simple.
Erect or creeping, dense branching.
Spike looks like finger.
Extensive root system gives it an advantage for below ground competition.
Deep ploughing, narrow leaf selective herbicide.