Panicum pilosum
Swartz
Bhadlee
PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal
Seeds are eaten as cereal.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in moist ground.
Africa, Asia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Ecuador, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, India, Mexico, Mozambique, South America*, St. Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Venezuela, West Indies,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Grenada, Georgia, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A grass. It keeps growing from year to year. The stalks are 20-100 cm long. It is spreading and forms tillers. They form roots are the nodes. The leaf blades are narrow and 4-30 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The leaves are hairy. The flower panicles are 5-15 cm long.
How to Grow
Plants are grown from seed.
Notes
There are about 500 Panicum species.
Names & Synonyms
Bladhi
Many
References (3)
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 462
- Menninger, E.A., 1977, Edible Nuts of the World. Horticultural Books. Florida p 149
- Prodr. 22. 1788
