Dactyloctenium geminatum
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Rhizome, Root
The rhizomes and roots are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,
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, Mexico, 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. It is tough and mat forming and keeps growing from year to year. The spikelets have 3-6 flowers. The seed or grain is 1 mm long.
Names & Synonyms
Dactyloctenium bogdanii S. M. PhillipesDactyloctenium glauciphyllum var. somalicum Chiov.Dactyloctenium mucronatum var. angustius Andersson
References (2)
- Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
