Brachiaria lata

(Schumach.) C. E. Hubbard

Poaceae Edible: Seeds, Cereal

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Description

An annual grass. It forms loose tufts. The leaves are coarse. It grows 60 cm high and is often lying along the ground.

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Edible Uses

The seeds are used as a cereal.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in disturbed soil across the Sahel. It can grow in arid places.

Where It Grows

Africa, Arabia, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Middle East, Nigeria, Sahel, Senegal, Sudan, West Africa,

Notes

There are about 100 Brachiaria species.

Synonyms

Panicum latum Schumach.Urochloa lata C. E. Hubbard

Also Known As

Bafura, Gariji

References (7)

Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Kew.
Dalziel, J. M., 1937, The Useful plants of west tropical Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies London.
Gallagher, D. E., 2010, Farming beyond the escarpment: Society, Environment, and Mobility in Precolonial Southeastern Burkina Faso. PhD University of Michigan.
Hooker's Icon. Pl. T. 34: sub t. 3363, p. 2. 1938
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Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 19
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (As Urochloa lata)