Dinebra retroflexa
(Vahl) Panzer
Mother of Lines
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal, Grain
The seeds are harvested as a cereal grain.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in dry valleys up to 1150 m in Yunnan in China. It grows on clayey soil. It grows in drier places. It does best in slightly alkaline soils.
Africa, Asia, Burkina Faso, Central Africa, Chad, China, East Africa, Egypt, Eswatini, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, North Africa, Pakistan, South Africa, Southern Africa, St Helena, Swaziland, Zimbabwe,
How to Identify
An annual grass. It forms tufts which are straggling. These lie over and root at the nodes. The leaf blades are narrow and flat. It is green or purplish green and 50 cm high. The leaf blades are narrow and flat. They are 3-25 cm long by 0.3-0.5 cm wide. They taper to the tip. The flowerings stalk is 6-20 cm long and narrowly oblong and open. The flower is made up of many spikes all turned to one side and irregularly arranged.
Notes
There are 3 Dinebra species.
Names & Synonyms
Am danabé, Kali kauli, Kharia, Nari balada ganduhullu, Wadata toka gaddi, Wan sui cao
References (7)
- Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 173
- Chen Shouliang, Lu Shenglian, Wu Zhenlan, et al Poaceae Tribe 19 Eragrostidae Flora of China
- CRÉAC'H, (As Dinebra arabica)
- Fragm. bot. 77, t. 121, fig. 1. 1809
- Ideen Revis. Graus. 59, 60. 1813 (Denkschr. Koenig. Akad. Wiss. München 4:270. 1814)
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 2
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora (As var. condensata)
