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Dactyloctenium aegyptium

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Identification
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Common name
  • falande (Saunders) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Adamawa)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • dactylogène d’Egypte (Naegelé)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kra’a l’grab = crow’s foot (AN) (MAURITANIA, ARABIC (Hassaniya)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • burugihi (JMD) pagamri (pl. pagamje) (JMD) tumbi (Saunders) (NIGERIA, FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • guδa-guδe (JMD; Lowe) gúδè-gúδè (auctt.) kurtu (JMD) kutukku (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • guananini (A.Chev.) guguni (A.Chev.) (UPPER VOLTA, GURMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • fakam (Kennedy) (NIGERIA, BURA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • taha (NWT; JMD) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kèènie ana (CG) (MALI, DOGON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • buδe buδeeri (ABM) buruugel baali a var. (ABM) guδe guδeeri (ABM) guye guyeeri (ABM) (NIGER, FULA-FULFULDE (Niger)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • fàám (C&H; A&S) fagam (JMD) fogam (Kennedy) fòwúm (A&S) (NIGERIA, KANURI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • burgue boguel = hare’s grass (A. Chev.) burguel? = burugal: swizzle stick (A.Chev.) ndanguel (A.Chev.) (MALI, FULA-PULAAR (Mali)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kontenterong (Fox) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ndéguéré (A.Chev.; FB) ntéguélé (A.Chev.; FB) (MALI, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • pεtewule (NWT) tugbε (FCD) tugbεlε (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • abu asabe (JMD; Kennedy) koreib, kreb to several grasses with edible grain (JMD) um asaba (JMD) (NIGERIA, ARABIC-SHUWA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ngok (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ndãnga (JB) tang i mpiteurh (JLT) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • tanse (JMD) tansε (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • cúnher (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • crow’s foot grass (Adam); comb-fringe grass; finger comb grass (Adam)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ndégélé (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • nebiépélé (A.Chev.) (UPPER VOLTA, GRUSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • mammi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • Volta) buruugel (pl.-uuje) (K&T) (UPPER VOLTA, FULA-FULFULDE (Upper), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • a-làp σ-xedi FG&G (GUINEA, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ganaga (FB) guanaga (A.Chev.) uantega (Scholz) (UPPER VOLTA, MOORE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ikangel a ika incl. other grasses with digitate inflorescence (JMD) (NIGERIA, TIV), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kutuku (Bartha) (NIGER, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ẹwa ẹsin (Ward) (NIGERIA, YORUBA (Ilorin)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • (Guinea-Bissau) násci (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kubema (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LIMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for DACTYLOCTENIUM aegyptium (L.) Willd. [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]
Names
DACTYLOCTENIUM aegyptium (L.) Willd. [family POACEAE], (1809).
Cynosurus ciliaris Hook. f. [family POACEAE], (1896), nom. prov.;
Dactyloctenium ciliare Chiov. [family POACEAE], (1929, 1932), nom. nud., based on the preceding. [type as above]
Information
Annual, often stoloniferous and mat-forming, up to 70(–100) cm high; leaves papillose-hispid, especially on the margins. Inflorescence comprising (1–)3–9 linear to narrowly oblong racemes 1.2–6.5(–7.5) cm long, these ascending or radiating. Spikelets broadly ovate, 3.5–4.5 mm long; glumes subequal, 1.5–2.2 mm long, the upper with an awn from half as long to as long as the body; lemmas narrowly ovate in profile, 2.6–4 mm long, acute and with a stout cusp or mucro up to 1 mm long; anthers 0.25–0.8 mm long. Grain transversely rugose.
Range
N1, 3; S1–3 tropical and warm temperate Old World.
Altitude range
0–1800 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Glover & Gilliland 22; Hemming 1600; Eagleton 32; Dahir ODA12; Gillett & al. 25314.
Notes
Hurbunle, sadeho (Som.).

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