Tripsacum laxum

Botanical Description

Tripsacum laxum is a robust, evergreen, perennial grass with erect culms that can be 3 - 5 metres tall and 5 - 10mm in diameter. There is some doubt over the identity of this plant, but it is possibly widely cultivated throughout the tropics as a cut fodder, as a hedge, soil conditioner and for erosion control.