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Sacciolepis myosuroides

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Name

Identification
Sacciolepis myosuroides (R.Br.) Chase ex E.G.Camus [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Panicum myosuroides R.Br. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Sacciolepis geniculata
  • Sacciolepis spiciformis
  • Panicum angustissimum
  • Panicum spiciforme
  • Panicum huillense
  • Sacciolepis myosuroides
  • Panicum myosuroides
  • Panicum unrecorded
  • Sacciolepis lebrunii
  • Sacciolepis delicatula
  • Panicum mariae
  • Sacciolepis brevifolia
  • Sacciolepis luciae

Information

Entry for Sacciolepis myosuroides (R Br) A Camus [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 2
Names
Sacciolepis myosuroides (R Br) A Camus [family POACEAE]
Uses
Agri-horticulture: fodder
Description
A slender, erect or creeping perennial grass of wet sites up to 1,800 m altitude in the Indian sub-continent, and SE Asia, now reported introduced to Senegal (1).It is a good fodder relished by cattle (1, 2), and also for buffaloes (2).
References
References:1. Adam, 1966,a. 2. Chadha, 1972: 166.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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