Panicum turgidumForssk. [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by T.A. Cope, 1983
Related name
Panicum striatissimum
Panicum eickii
Panicum turgidum
Panicum dichotomum
Panicum straitissimum
Common name
afazo (JMD) afezu (JMD) ullul the grain (HM fide JMD) (MALI, TAMACHEK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
afoajo (JMD) afodio (Williams & Farias) afodjo (Williams & Farias) foyo (JMD; Williams & Farias) (MALI, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
gajalol (ABM) (NIGER, FULA-FULFULDE (Niger)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
bu-rεkuba (JMD) mrokba (HM) (MALI, ARABIC (Mali)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
afeza (Williams & Farias) afezu (Williams & Farias) fadhik (Williams & Farias) (NIGER, TAMACHEK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
abukar the green panicle (Williams & Farias) az, aze the grain (Williams & Farias; AN) morkba the plant (AN) mrekba colloquially (Le Riche) murkba (Williams & Faries) nnshe the dry culm; also a porridge of the grain (Williams & Farias) tishilat the grain (Williams & Farias) umm rekba = that which has knees; after the markedly articulate culm (Le Riche) (MAURITANIA, ARABIC (Hassaniya)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
markuba (Grail) (NIGER, ARABIC (Niger)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
gumchi (Grail) (NIGER, TEDA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
afodio (Williams & Farias) afodjo (Williams & Farias) foyo (Williams & Farias) (NIGER, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
Flora
Entry for PANICUM turgidum Forssk. [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]
Glaucous perennial forming rounded bushes up to 100(–200) cm high and often as much across; stems erect or ascending, woody, branched at the nodes, sometimes forming fastigiate tufts; leaves linear-lanceolate, (0.5–)2–15 cm x 1–6 mm, flat, folded or inrolled, glabrous and glaucous, stiff and pungent, often much shorter than the sheath, rarely filiform and up to 30 cm long. Panicle subpyramidal, 2.5–15(–30) cm long, lax, the branches distant and eventually spreading. Spikelets ovoid, 3.5–4.5(–5) mm long, glabrous, acute or acuminate, turgid and often gaping at anthesis; lower glume broadly ovate, 3/4 as long to almost as long as the spikelet, 5- to 9-nerved; upper lemma pallid, smooth and glossy.
Range
N1–3 northern and north-eastern Africa eastwards to Pakistan.
