Chloris robusta
Stapf.
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(c) Marco Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Marco Schmidt
Description
A robust grass. It grows 1-2 m tall. The stems are woody in the lower parts. It keeps growing from year to year. The spikelets have 3 flowers.
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Edible Uses
The seeds are edible.
Distribution
It grows on sandy river banks.
Where It Grows
Africa, East Africa, Sudan, Uganda, West Africa,
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
