Poaceae FAMILY
Eragrostis minor
Eragrostis minor
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Eragrostis minor is a loosely clump-forming annual to perennial grass with ascending culms 6 - 60cm tall[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food, especially in times of need.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWidespread through temperate Europe and Asia, and the subtropics and tropics of Africa and Asia to New Guinea.
HabitatWeedy waste places[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ].