Stipa sp

PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts

Stipa sp

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Stipa sp

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Wikimedia Commons - Jerzy Opioła

What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal, Grain

The seeds are harvested and used as a cereal grain.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

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 in the family Poaceae found in tropical regions. There are approximately 300 species in the Stipa genus.

Notes

There are about 300 Stipa species.

Names & Synonyms

Many Stipa are now Austrostipa

References (2)

Herb., 1981,
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 28

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