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Sporobolus robustus

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Name

Identification
Sporobolus robustus Kunth [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Sporobolus assakae
  • Vilfa helvola
  • Brachiaria mutica
  • Sporobolus insulanus
  • Sporobolus consimilis
  • Sporobolus helvolus
  • Sporobolus robustus
Common name
  • boncho (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, BULOM (Sherbro)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • wontokado (Fox) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • dǎmbur (JB) darak (JB) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • dǎmbur (JB) dǎmbus (JB) haiselle (A.Chev.) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for SPOROBOLUS consimilis Fresen. [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
SPOROBOLUS consimilis Fresen. [family POACEAE], (1837).
SPOROBOLUS nogalensis Chiov. [family POACEAE], (1928);. type: N3, Puccioni & Stefanini 994 (FT holo.).
SPOROBOLUS robustus [family POACEAE], auct. non Kunth.
Information
Robust perennial tussock-grass with short rhizomes, sometimes forming looping stolons, 1.3–3 m high, the stems 3.5–8 mm in diam. at the base; leaves flat, harshly scabrid along the margins. Panicle linear-lanceolate, 25–35 cm long, the primary branches bearing spikelets or branchlets from the base. Spikelets 1.7–2.3 mm long; lower glume 1-nerved, lanceolate, 1.3–2.3 mm long, acute; upper glume narrowly ovate, almost as long as the spikelet; lemma similar to the upper glume, as long as the spikelet; anthers 3, 1–1.3 mm long. Grain narrowly oblong, 0.7–1 mm long, tetragonal in section.
Range
N1–3 tropical Africa southwards to South Africa and Namibia.
Altitude range
0–950 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4766; Glover & Gilliland 133; Hemming 1633.
Distribution (external)
Arabia
Notes
Aus dur, bieyis, darif bal (Som.). Often confused with S. robustus Kunth, a species from western African seashores somewhat intermediate between S. consimilis and S. virginicus.

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