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Heteropogon contortus

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Identification
Heteropogon contortus (L.) Roem. & Schult. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Heteropogon contortus
Common name
  • komango (A.Chev.) (UPPER VOLTA, GURMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bara babba tudu = lives on a big hill (Taylor) bunsurun daji = bush he-goat; applied to several grasses of objectionable qualities (JMD) buzun kura = mat of the hyena (AST; JMD) jan gargan (Kennedy) silka applied to this spp., but properly for any spike of grass (JMD; ZOG) tsiígaà, tsiíkaà applied to any spike of grass (JMD; ZOG) yartudu (Kennedy) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • moloko (A.Chev.) niadéré (A.Chev.) (MALI, FULA-PULAAR (Mali)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • chiga = a spike of grass; applied loosely (Ll-W) (GHANA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • spear grass; wild oats., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • guémémé (A.Chev.) (MALI, SONINKE-SARAKOLE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ẹra bẹrẹ (Ward) (NIGERIA, YORUBA (Ilorin)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kambarahi (JMD) (NIGERIA, GWARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • fila ntaso (A.Chev.) fulanu ntaso (A.Chev.) (MALI, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bubongnona sando (A.Chev.) (UPPER VOLTA, MOORE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bàt círéy (pl. -á) = box of the red amulet (D&C) (NIGER, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • akσsσfч̃ (FRI) ananugãi = spider’s arrows (FRI; Ankrah) (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • Volta) selбo (pl. celбi) (K&T) (UPPER VOLTA, FULA-FULFULDE (Upper), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • sin (Shimizu) (NIGERIA, JUKUN (Wukari)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • fila ntaso (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for ANDROPOGON contortus Linn. [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 310, (1900) Author: (By O. STAPF.)
Names
ANDROPOGON contortus Linn. [family POACEAE], Spec. Plant. 1045;—Lamk. Illustr. t. 840; All. Fl. Pedem. ii. 260, t. 91, fig. 4; Kunth, Enum. i. 486; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 367; Baker, Fl. Maurit. 444; Hack. Androp. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vi. 585, and in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 11; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 199.
Heteropogon hirtus Pers. [family POACEAE], Syn. ii. 533.
Heteropogon glaber Pers. [family POACEAE], l.c.; Beauv. Agrost. 134, t. 23, fig. 8.
Heteropogon contortus Roem. and Schult. [family POACEAE], Syst. ii. 836; Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 101.
Heteropogon Allionii Roem. and Schult. [family POACEAE], l.c. 835; Reichenb. Icon. Fl. Germ. i. t. 53, fig. 1496–7.
Information
perennial; culms erect, stout, simple, or branched from the upper nodes, often sheathed all along, 1–3 ft. long; sheaths compressed, keeled, glabrous; ligules short, truncate, ciliolate; blades linear, acute or tapering to a long, fine point, 3–8 in. by 1 1/2–3 lin., flat or channelled, rigid, scabrid, especially above, sparingly hairy at the base or all over; racemes 1 1/2–3 in. long, straight or curved, rhachis tough between the lowest 2–6 pairs, the spikelets of which are ♂ and like the pedicelled of the upper pairs, joints very short, unequally bearded; sessile spikelets of the heteromorphous pairs ♀ 3–3 1/2 lin. long, callus 1 1/2 lin. long, rufous-bearded; lower glume linear-oblong, truncate, shortly hairy, obscurely nerved; upper membranous, 3-nerved; awn stout, 3 1/2–7 in. long, rufous-hairy below; ♂ spikelets obliquely lanceolate, 4–5 lin. long, dull green; lower glume herbaceous, subobtuse, glabrous, or hirsute with tubercle-based hairs, many-nerved, keels unequally winged; upper 3-nerved; lower valve minute, upper suppressed; anthers 1 1/2 lin. long. null
Range
Mediterranean regions and tropics generally.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Prince Albert Div.; Great Zwarte Bergen, near Klaarstroom, 3000–4000 ft., Drège. Aberdeen Div.; Camdeboo Mountain, 3000–4000 ft., Drège. Somerset Div.; Klein Bruintjes Hoogte, 3000–4000 ft., Drège! Graaff Reinet Div.; on stony hills near Graaff Reinet, 2600 ft., Bolus, 460! Albert Div.; without precise locality, Cooper, 1366!COAST REGION Swellendam Div., Mund. Riversdale Div.; Great Vals River, Burchell, 6536! between Zoetemelks River and Little Vet River, Burchell, 6839! George Div.; Outeniqua Mountains, near Roodemur, 2000–3000 ft., Drège! Knysna Div.; Pletten Berg Bay, Drège (ex Nees). Uitenhage Div., in fields near the Zwartkops River, Ecklon and Zeyher, 185! Port Elizabeth Div.; Port Elizabeth, E.S.C.A. Herb., 120! Alexandria Div.; North of the Zuur Berg Range, 2500–3000 ft., Drège. Fort Beaufort Div.; near Fort Beaufort, Ecklon and Zeyher! Stockenstrom Div.; Winter Berg, near Philippston, Ecklon.EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, Baur, 2000–2500 ft., 318! Natal; Port Natal, Herb. Harvey! Umsinga and base of the Biggars Berg, Buchanan, 91! Delagoa Bay, Forbes!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; Hay Div., Asbestos Mountains, Burchell, 2046! Orange Free State; near Winburg, Buchanan, 233! Caledon River, Burke! Transvaal; Pretoria, at Wonderboom Poort, Rehmann, 4494!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Drège, 2041!

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