Setaria finita
Launert
Poaceae Edible: Seeds, Cereal
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Description
An annual grass. It is erect and forms loose tufts. It has stolons or runners. It grows 1 m high. The leaves are 10-35 cm long and 4-12 mm wide.
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Edible Uses
The seeds are eaten as a snack.
Traditional Uses
The seeds are eaten as a snack.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in hot arid places. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 100-300 mm. It grows in deep sandy soils. It grows between 300-1,600 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa,
References (3)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 4th June 2011]
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 89
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
