Panicum tectum
Kunth
Timam
PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal
The seeds are harvested and used as a cereal grain.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows on clayey soil. It grows in fields, gardens and forests. It will grow on very poor land.
Africa, Central Africa, Chad,
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 (Panicum tectum, also known as Timam) that grows in fields, gardens, and forests on clayey soil, even tolerating very poor land conditions.
Notes
There are about 500 Panicum species. Not in The Plant List. Possibly tectum but with different authority and then a synonym of Panicum acuminatum.
References (1)
- CRÉAC'H,
