Panicum infestum
Andersson ex Peters
Grooved panic-grass
PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal, Grains
The seeds are used as a cereal grain.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows below 1,200 m above sea level. It grows in dry soils. It is rare in Swaziland. It can grow in arid places.
Africa, Central Africa, Congo, East Africa, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, South America, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Countries: Angola, Argentina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, Colombia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Paraguay, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A grass. It is tufted and keeps growing from year to year It grows 1.5 m tall. It can form roots at the lower nodes. The leaves are loosely hairy. The blades are expanded. The flowering shoot is 20 cm long. It has spike like branches. The spikelets are 3-3.5 mm long.
Names & Synonyms
Chibabane
References (5)
- Herb., E. A., 1981,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 24
- 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 3rd June 2011]
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
