Poaceae FAMILY
Brachiaria lata
Brachiaria lata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Brachiaria lata is a loosely tufted, annual grass with erect to geniculately ascending culms growing 30 - 150cm tall, the culms sometimes root at their lower nodes[ 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 seed is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeMacaronesia - Cape Verde; Tropical Africa - Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Cameroon; Arabian Peninsula; E. Asia - India
HabitatA weed of cultivated land and disturbed soils[ 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/ ].