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Perotis patens Gandoger [family POACEAE]

Date Updated: 30 April 2005

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
Perotis patens Gandoger [family POACEAE]
Common names
GHANA: HAUSA gééróó susu = early millet (Ll.W) NIGERIA: HAUSA wútsíyàr kùréégéé (Kennedy) YORUBA ẹ̀rọ̀ yéwa (Verger) iru ẹgbara (anon.; Ward)
Uses
Medicines: naso-pharyngeal affections Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: fodder Agri-horticulture: veterinary medicine
Description
A loosely-tufted annual, or short-lived perennial grass, culms up to 60 cm high, graceful, a ruderal of waste places, roadsides, and a weed of cultivation, often on dry sandy soils, in Ivory Coast to S Nigeria, and widespread throughout tropical and S Africa and into Madagascar.In all territories it is browsed by cattle with appreciation. In Sudan it is reported to produce a sort of turf but indifferent as a lawn grass (2). An infusion of the leaves is drunk for colds in Uganda and the same preparation is is given to cattle (1).
References
References:1. Dyson-Hudson 255, K. 2. Myers 6343, K.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Date Updated: 30 April 2005

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
Perotis patens Gandoger [family POACEAE]
Common names
GHANA: HAUSA gééróó susu = early millet (Ll.W) NIGERIA: HAUSA wútsíyàr kùréégéé (Kennedy) YORUBA ẹ̀rọ̀ yéwa (Verger) iru ẹgbara (anon.; Ward)
Uses
Medicines: naso-pharyngeal affections Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: fodder Agri-horticulture: veterinary medicine
Description
A loosely-tufted annual, or short-lived perennial grass, culms up to 60 cm high, graceful, a ruderal of waste places, roadsides, and a weed of cultivation, often on dry sandy soils, in Ivory Coast to S Nigeria, and widespread throughout tropical and S Africa and into Madagascar.In all territories it is browsed by cattle with appreciation. In Sudan it is reported to produce a sort of turf but indifferent as a lawn grass (2). An infusion of the leaves is drunk for colds in Uganda and the same preparation is is given to cattle (1).
References
References:1. Dyson-Hudson 255, K. 2. Myers 6343, K.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Perotis patens Gandoger [family POACEAE]
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