Brachiaria lata
(Schumach.) C. E. Hubbard
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 in disturbed soil across the Sahel. It can grow in arid places.
Africa, Arabia, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Middle East, Nigeria, Sahel, Senegal, Sudan, West Africa,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Angola, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, 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, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
An annual grass. It forms loose tufts. The leaves are coarse. It grows 60 cm high and is often lying along the ground.
Notes
There are about 100 Brachiaria species.
Names & Synonyms
Bafura, Gariji
Panicum latum Schumach.Urochloa lata C. E. Hubbard
References (7)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Kew.
- Dalziel, J. M., 1937, The Useful plants of west tropical Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies London.
- Gallagher, D. E., 2010, Farming beyond the escarpment: Society, Environment, and Mobility in Precolonial Southeastern Burkina Faso. PhD University of Michigan.
- Hooker's Icon. Pl. T. 34: sub t. 3363, p. 2. 1938
- MORTIMORE
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 19
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (As Urochloa lata)
