| Synonyms: |
Brachiaria ramosa ramosa (L.) Stapf Echinochloa ramosa (L.) Roberty Panicum pallidum Peter Panicum ramosum L. Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Loosely tufted annual. Culms 10–70 cm. high. Inflorescence of 3–15 racemes, these 1–3 cm. long, simple or the longest with branchlets at the base, bearing mostly paired loosely contiguous spikelets appressed to a triquetrous rhachis; pedicels shorter than spikelets, 1–2 mm. long. Spikelets 2.5–3.5 mm. long, glabrous to pubescent, acute, with or without a short stipe up to 0.5 mm. long. Inferior glume 1/3–1/3 length of spikelet. Superior lemma rugose, subacute to acute |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ramosa: branched |
| Habitat: | Roadsides and old farmland in savanna woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Asia, Arabia to Senegal with scattered records elsewhere in Africa |
| FZ divisions: | T,GI |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 78. as Brachiaria ramosa Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 31. as Brachiaria ramosa Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 101. as Brachiaria ramosa |