Brachiaria falcifera

(Trin.) Stapf

PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts

Brachiaria falcifera

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Brachiaria falcifera

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Brachiaria falcifera

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal

The seeds are eaten as a cereal.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant.

Africa, Burkina Faso, Ghana, West Africa,

Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30-45 cm tall. The leaves are convoluted and 7-25 cm long.

Notes

There are about 100 Brachiaria species.

References (1)

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 25

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