Panicum walense
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Poaceae Edible: Seeds, Grain, Cereal
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Description
A slender annual grass. It grows 60 cm high. The leaf blade is 7-20 cm long. The spikelets are about 2 mm long.
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Edible Uses
The seeds and grain are edible and used as a cereal, though it is considered a minor or famine food.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It often forms dense cover on shallow moist soils in West Africa. It grows in wet grass savannah.
Where It Grows
Africa, Asia, China, East Africa, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, SE Asia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, West Africa, Zambia,
Other Information
It is a famine or minor food.
References (2)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Kew.
- Flora Zambesiaca. http://apps.kew.org/efloras
