Panicum fluviicola
Steud.
PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal
The seeds are used as a cereal.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows on flood plains in moist soils in West Africa. It is scattered all over tropical Africa. It grows in wet grassland between 350-1,650 m above sea level.
Africa, Botswana, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Togo, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
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 reed-like grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It forms tufts. The stems are 1-2 m high. The leaf blade is 25-50 cm long and 3-12 mm wide. The flowering stem is 15-45 cm long.
Notes
There are about 500 Panicum species.
Names & Synonyms
Gogowu obo, Mgannikago, Pinkun, Synk
Panicum aphanoneurum StapfPanicum graciliflorum RendlePanicum purpurascens Mez.Panicum radicosum MezPanicum rowlandii Stapf
References (5)
- 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 26
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Kew.
- Gallagher, D. E., 2010, Farming beyond the escarpment: Society, Environment, and Mobility in Precolonial Southeastern Burkina Faso. PhD University of Michigan.
- Syn. pl. glumac. 1:89. 1854
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
