Aristida mutabilisTrin. & Rupr. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Aristida unrecorded
Aristida astroclada
Aristida meccana
Aristida tenuiflora
Aristida cassanellii
Aristida barbicollis
Aristida adsensionis
Aristida mutabilis
Aristida tenuis
Aristida longeradiata
Aristida lauriolii
Aristida schweinfurthii
Chaetaria forskalii
Aristida adscensionis
Common name
kasura (Virgo) (NIGER, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
baya (JMD; C&H) (NIGERIA, KANURI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
sub káaréy (pl. -à) = white grass (D&C) (NIGER, SONGHAI), 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
ibirsiagué (A.Chev.) pufo sufo (A.Chev.) (MALI, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
datsi a general term (JMD; ZOG) gatsaua (Golding) kas maк̉aru in allusion to the sharp awns which cause injury to horses’ mouths (JMD) katsaura (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
allomoze (A.Chev.) amadzarnε (A.Chev.) okras (A.Chev.) (MALI, TAMACHEK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
kelbi (A.Chev.) (MALI, FULA-PULAAR (Mali)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
gau (JMD) (NIGERIA, ARABIC-SHUWA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
Flora
Entry for ARISTIDA mutabilis Trin. & Rupr. [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
ARISTIDA meccanaHochst. ex Trin. & Rupr. [family POACEAE], (1842).
Information
Annual up to 35 cm high. Panicle open or contracted, the spikelets clustered at the tips of the branches. Glumes unequal, lanceolate, acute, acuminate or shortly 2-toothed, tipped with a mucro or short awn up to 1 mm long, the lower 3.5–5.5 mm long, the upper 5.5–7 mm long; lemma, including the callus, 5–8 mm long, terete, smooth, narrowed above the middle into a column a little less than half the total length of the lemma, the column articulated at the summit; awns slender, 1.5–2.5 cm long.
