Plant descriptions ²

Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms scandent; pendulous at the tip; 15- 20 m long; 30 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades linear; convolute; 11–12 cm long; 2–2.5 mm wide; stiff. Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous. Leaf-blade venation with 14–18 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface pilose; sparsely hairy; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins ciliate. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Inflorescence a panicle, linear; 15–20 cm long. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Glumes several; 3–4 empty glumes; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; 1.5–2 mm long; chartaceous; 5 -veined. Lower glume apex acuminate. Upper glume ovate; 3.5–4 mm long; chartaceous; without keels; 9 -veined. Upper glume apex acuminate; mucronate. FRUIT: Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.

Elevation ²

500 - 1 500 m.

Reference ²

Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) scott.zona, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottzona/9094286412/
2. (c) Romer Rabarijaona, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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