Setaria barbata
(Lam.) Kunth
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Shoots
The shoots are eaten as a green vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in sandy soils. It grows between 1,200-1,500 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
Africa, America, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Asia, Australia, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mauritius, Middle East, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Sao Tome and Principe, SE Asia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South America, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, West Africa, West Indies, Yemen,
How to Identify
A herb. It is an annual tussock forming grass. It can keep growing from year to year. It grows 30-250 cm high.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Setaria barbata, with common names bristly foxtail grass, corn grass, Mary grass, and East Indian bristlegrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to tropical Africa and tropical Asia.
Names & Synonyms
Bara, Chambe-chambean, Jeje, Lamotek, N'tchacufalo, Suket lemon, Udetcholoe
References (6)
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- Martin, F.W. & Ruberte, R.M., 1979, Edible Leaves of the Tropics. Antillian College Press, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. p 194 (As Panicum barbatum)
- Ochse, J.J. et al, 1931, Vegetables of the Dutch East Indies. Asher reprint. p 330 (As Panicum barbatum)
- Tabl. encycl. 1:171. 1791
- 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 4th June 2011]
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
