Plant descriptions ²

Annual; culms 30–100 cm. or more long, slender, decumbent or erect. Leaf-blades spreading, lanceolate, 6–15 cm. long, 10–15 mm. wide, slightly asymmetric at the base, thin, cross-veins numerous, sparsely pilose, acuminate. Panicle 12–30 cm. long, oblong, spreading or contracted, sparsely branched, the secondary branches usually appressed. Spikelets oblong, 1.8–2.2 mm. long, blunt, glabrous; lower glume cuff-like, 1/4–1/3 as long as the spikelet, hyaline, 1-nerved, obtuse or acute; upper glume as long as the spikelet, membranous, 3-nerved, obtuse; lower lemma 5-nerved, sterile, its palea absent; upper lemma pale, shining, minutely scaberulous with a tiny green spot at the tip.

Elevation ²

500 - 1 500 m.

Similar species ²

Syn. Brachiaria capuronii ; Brachiaria comorensis ; Brachiaria decaryana.

Reference ²

W. D. CLAYTON and S.A. RENVOIZE, 1982. Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 451p.

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1. (c) MBG, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://images.mobot.org/tropicosthumbnails/Tropicos/255/MO-1660943.jpg
2. (c) Romer Rabarijaona, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
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