Poaceae FAMILY

Themeda villosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Themeda villosa is a perennial, clump-forming grass with culms around 150 - 350cm tall[ 1858 Title A revision of Themeda (Gramineae) in Malesia with a new species from Laos Publication Blumea 61, 2016: 29-40 Author Veldkamp J.F. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651916X691349 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. It is occasionally planted as an ornamental, but because it is fertile, it may spread and become weedy[ 1858 Title A revision of Themeda (Gramineae) in Malesia with a new species from Laos Publication Blumea 61, 2016: 29-40 Author Veldkamp J.F. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651916X691349 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description ]. The plant has been known to escape from cultivation and become established outside its native range[ 1858 Title A revision of Themeda (Gramineae) in Malesia with a new species from Laos Publication Blumea 61, 2016: 29-40 Author Veldkamp J.F. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651916X691349 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - India, Nepal and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea

HabitatSunny roadsides, sandbanks, river banks, grass jungles, abandoned fields, sometimes dominant, Eucalypt savannah; at elevations up to 1,700 metres[ 1858 Title A revision of Themeda (Gramineae) in Malesia with a new species from Laos Publication Blumea 61, 2016: 29-40 Author Veldkamp J.F. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651916X691349 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description ]