Poaceae FAMILY
Eragrostis tremula
Eragrostis tremula
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitAnnual/Perennial
Growth—
Usually found in sandy soils in the wild[1]. The grass is weed in the savannah zone of Africa and may at times be a little troublesome[2]. The root possesses a strong caramel-like smell[2].
Propagation
Seed - sow in situ, only just covering the seed. Germination is usually very quick and free. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Eragrostis+tremula>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Flora Zambesiaca — http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html ↩︎An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
- [2]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
- [3]Flora of Tropical East Africa — Beentje H.J. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 2002 · http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 ↩︎Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
- [4]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.