Panicum acrotrichum
Hook.f.
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Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forest shade.
Africa, 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 straggling grass. It roots from the lower nodes.
Names & Synonyms
Eriochloa acrotricha (Hook.f.) Hack. ex Schinz
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
