Poaceae FAMILY

Echinochloa colona

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Echinochloa colona is a clump-forming, annual grass producing stems 10 - 100cm long that can be ascending or decumbent. Seen more commonly as a famine food, the plant is sometimes cultivated by local people in Africa for its edible seed[ 301 Title Cornucopia II Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications, California. Year 1998 ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 Description The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc. ]. Jungle rice can be a serious problem in rice crops because the young plants closely resemble young rice plants[ 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. ]. It can also be a weed in other crops[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeWidely distributed in the temperate, sub-tropical and tropical zones

HabitatWaste places, cultivated fields and ditches in southern N. America where it is naturalized[ 43 Title Gray's Manual of Botany.Eighth Edition Publication Author Fernald. M. L. Publisher American Book Co.; New York Year 1950 ISBN 0442222505 Description A bit dated but a good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America. ]. A weed of damp places and irrigated fields in China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Swampy places[ 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. ].