Poaceae FAMILY
Eragrostis plana
Eragrostis plana
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Eragrostis plana is a herbaceous, perennial, clump-forming grass without rhizomes or stolons; it produces unbranched culms up to 1 metre tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, mainly in times of need. It is considered to be an indicator of overgrazing or too much burning in pasture..
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, S. Africa, Madagascar.
HabitatGrassland on sandy soils and shallow laterite pans, in dry areas on wet soils around vleis and rivers, at elevations from 400 - 2,000 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].