Naturalised
Chloris_gayana_2-06082024 © OBG
Chloris_gayana-06082024 © OBG
Stoloniferus perennial , up to 1 m tall with very deep roots . Stems (culms) erect or decumbent , tufted or creeping ; without nodal roots or rooting from lower nodes . Leaves linear , with flat or folded glabrous blades , tapering at the apex . Inflorescences a head of 9-12 digitate racemes , light greenish brown (rarely yellow) turn darker brown as they mature . Spikelets 3- to 4-flowered , 2-awned . Glumes persistent ; similar ; reaching apex of florets ; thinner than fertile lemma ; gaping . Flowers lodicules 2 ; cuneate ; fleshy . Fruits caryopsis with adherent pericarp ; trigonous . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Chloris abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Chloris glabrata Andersson
Chloris repens Hochst.
Eustachys gayana (Kunth) Mundy
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Rhodes Grass
Abyssinian Rhodes Grass
Callide Rhodes Grass
Common Rhodes Grass
Not used traditionally.
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