Poaceae FAMILY
Elionurus muticus
Elionurus muticus
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Elionurus muticus is a perennial, densely clump-forming grass with erect culms 15 - 100cm long. The plant makes an excellent soil binder in sandy soils and has minor local medicinal uses.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Argentina, north to Venezuela and the Guyanas. N. America - Mexico. Africa - tropical areas to S. Africa. Arabia.
HabitatOpen, deciduous bushland in west tropical Africa[ 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/ ]. Rocky upland chaparral and savannah at elevations of 820 metres in Venezuela.