camel grass., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
luбgol = strongly smelling (JMD) luбodi alluding to the strong smell (JMD) sukkahoreho (Taylor) wajalo (JMD) wajande (JMD) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
gòzów (pl. -à) (D&C) (NIGER, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
sompígo in allusion to rabbits sleeping near it (AJML) suompiga (Scholz) (UPPER VOLTA, MOORE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
chiendent pied de poule (Naegelé)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
tiékala-ni (GR) (MALI, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
sumpiga (FRI) súч̀ompiè (FRI) (GHANA, MOORE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
mahareib (JMD) nal (JMD) seko (JMD) (NIGERIA, ARABIC-SHUWA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
afar (AN) iverd (AN) (MAURITANIA, ARABIC (Hassaniya)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
ku-anka (Lynn) (GHANA, NANKANNI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
nobe (auctt.) tsabre occasionally used (JMD) tsaure (JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
hurdu-dumboore spp. proximus (ABM) noobol (ABM) (NIGER, FULA-FULFULDE (Niger)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
nobi (Bartha) tsabre (pl. tsaure) (AE&L) (NIGER, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
lemmad (HM) (MALI, ARABIC (Mali)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
ñangulé (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
Volta) buluuje (K&T) buulorδe (K&T) wuluunde (K&T) wuulorde (K&T) (UPPER VOLTA, FULA-FULFULDE (Upper), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
taberimt (JMD) tiberimt (JMD) (MALI, TAMACHEK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
jimwi (JMD) nugbwanu bmagna (JMD) (NIGERIA, GWARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
Flora
Entry for CYMBOPOGON schoenanthus (L.) Spreng. [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]
Tufted perennial up to 120 cm high; leaves attenuate at the base. False panicle narrowly oblong, 5–40 cm long; racemes 20–30 mm long, woolly-villous with hairs 2–4 mm long, the lowermost pedicel swollen, its adjacent internode very short. Sessile spikelet narrowly lanceolate, 4–7 mm long; lower glume chartaceous, glabrous, nerveless and concave between the keels, these sharply inflexed throughout; awn of upper lemma 5–9 mm long, almost straight, scarcely differentiated into column and limb. Pedicelled spikelet narrowly lanceolate, 4–7 mm long.
Aus damer, aus goron, werahr (Som.). Represented in Somalia by subsp. schoenanthus. Subsp. proximus (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Maire & Weiller differs in its shorter racemes gathered into dense clusters, and puberulous lower glume of the sessile spikelet; it occurs in tropical Africa south of the Sahara, but the two subspecies overlap in parts of eastern tropical Africa.
