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Panicum longijubatum

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Name

Identification
Panicum longijubatum Stapf [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by D.H. Winkoun, 1955
Related name
  • Panicum proliferum
  • Panicum longijubatum
  • Panicum subalbidum
  • Panicum paludosum
Common name
  • gambéré (A.Chev.) kidi (A.Chev.) (MALI ? (Mopti) populdja (Matthes), FULA-PULAAR (Mali)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • boroboro (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LIMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • mpal (A.Chev.) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • foni (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • guimena (A.Chev.) guimi (A.Chev.) (MALI ? (Mopti) populdja (Matthes), MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • gwέs (LB) (NIGERIA, BIROM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • gambéré (A.Chev.) kidi (A.Chev.) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • tiεtiεsu (A.Chev.) (MALI ? (Mopti) populdja (Matthes), SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bordi (Kennedy) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • barto jarge ba = big riverside grass (Pirie) barto kinto = river corn (Pirie; JMD) kinti bora = bearded corn (auctt.) kununding mano (Macluskie) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kaya (Kennedy) (NIGERIA, KANURI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • diimina (JB) guimena (A.Chev.) guimi (A.Chev.) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • diãngh a mbèl (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • mofogo (A.Chev.) ponjanga sugpio logho (Scholz) rudu (A.Chev.) tonso naba konjiodu (Scholz) (UPPER VOLTA, MOORE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • gora-gora from gora: bamboo (Taylor) haikin fadama (Grove) kollogi (Kennedy) macara (JMD; ZOG) shinkafa berewa (Thatcher) tsíntsííyáá (LB) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • diàmbε ε-ngéla (FG&G) ε-nyàmb ε-ngèlá (FG&G) (GUINEA, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • Volta) pagga pucci (K&T) (UPPER VOLTA, FULA-FULFULDE (Upper), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for PANICUM subalbidum Kunth [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
PANICUM subalbidum Kunth [family POACEAE], (1831).
PANICUM proliferum Stapf var. longijubatum [family POACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 7: 406 (1899);
PANICUM longijubatum (Stapf) Stapf [family POACEAE], (1920). [type as above]
Information
Annual or short-lived perennial; stems robust, up to 200 cm high and 5–10 mm in diam. at the base, erect or decumbent, often rooting from the lower nodes; leaves linear, 20–50 cm x 7–15 mm, cordate to straight at the base. Panicle ovate or oblong, 20–50 cm long, sparsely to moderately branched, spreading, the spikelets evenly dispersed. Spikelets ovate, 3–4 mm long, acuminate; lower glume broadly ovate, 1/4–1/3 the length of the spikelet, 1- to 3-nerved, cuff-like and clasping, obtuse or acute; upper lemma pallid, smooth and glossy.
Range
S3 throughout tropical Africa.
Altitude range
low altidude.
Distribution
SOMALIA Scassellati & Mazzocchi s.n.
Notes
Only recorded from the Juba valley at “Elvalda” by Chiovenda, Result. Sci. Miss. Stefanini-Paoli 1: 226 (1916), as P. proliferum var. longijubatum. The single collection cited has not been seen and the record needs confirmation.

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