Brachiaria brizantha
Brachiaria brizantha
Safety & Hazards
The plant (when used as the main foodstuff), has been known to cause photosensitization in sheep and goats, though in Brazil, where the grass is widely used in pastures, no photosensitization effects on cattle have been observed[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 375 Title Grassland Species - Profiles Publication Author Website http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/Default.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse information on over 650 species of plants that grow in grassland, including trees, shrubs and perennial plants as well as grasses. Gives a brief description of the plant, its range and habitat and some of its uses. ].
Botanical Description
Brachiaria brizantha is an evergreen, perennial grass producing a cluster of stout, erect to ascending culms 55 - 200cm tall from a rhizomatous rootstock[ 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/ , 1140 Title Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae-Paniceae) in Malesia Publication Blumea 41 pp 413-437 1996 Author Veldkamp J.F. Publisher Year 1996 ISBN Description A paper transferring various Brachiaria species to Urochloa, it also gives information on plant uses. ]. The plant is used as a ground cover in tree plantations and to stabilize the soil.