Andropogon tectorum
Schumach. & Thonn.
PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Meise Botanic Garden
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal
The seeds are eaten as a cereal grain.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forest clearings, woodland and savannah woodland.
Africa, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, West 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 tropical grass (family Poaceae) that grows in forest clearings, woodland, and savannah woodland. It produces edible seeds that can be used as a cereal.
Names & Synonyms
Baia, Djagalhe-n'eutche, Djagalhe-quentche, Uaba
Andropogon spectabilis K. Schum.Andropogon tenuiculmis Reznik
References (1)
- Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 30
