Panicum fluviicola
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Description
A reed-like grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It forms tufts. The stems are 1-2 m high. The leaf blade is 25-50 cm long and 3-12 mm wide. The flowering stem is 15-45 cm long.
Edible Uses
The seeds are used as a cereal.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows on flood plains in moist soils in West Africa. It is scattered all over tropical Africa. It grows in wet grassland between 350-1,650 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Africa, Botswana, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Togo, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Notes
There are about 500 Panicum species.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Gogowu obo, Mgannikago, Pinkun, Synk
References (5)
- Abbiw, D.K., 1990, Useful Plants of Ghana. West African uses of wild and cultivated plants. Intermediate Technology Publications and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p 26
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Kew.
- Gallagher, D. E., 2010, Farming beyond the escarpment: Society, Environment, and Mobility in Precolonial Southeastern Burkina Faso. PhD University of Michigan.
- Syn. pl. glumac. 1:89. 1854
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
