Ischaemum afrum

(J. F. Gmel.) Dandy

PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts

Ischaemum afrum

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Ischaemum afrum

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds, Grain, Cereal

The seeds and grain are eaten as cereal.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows on black clay soils.

Africa, Asia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, East Africa, India, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sahel, Somalia, Southern Africa, Sudan, West Africa, Zimbabwe,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A grass that keeps growing from year to year. It forms dense tufts. It has a scaly underground stem or rhizome. The stalks are 60-90 cm high.

Other Information

It is a famine food.

Names & Synonyms

Imbombo

Ischaemum brachatherum (Hochst.) Fenzl. ex Hack.Ischaemum glaucostachyum Stapf.

References (1)

Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Kew.

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