Poaceae FAMILY

Panicum laetum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Panicum laetum is an annual, clump-forming grass with slender culms up to 75cm tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The seed is regarded as a delicacy and is often collected from the wild for local use, sometimes in large enough quantities to sell in local markets[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. It is considered to have potential for the restoration of degraded pastures[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant has been recommended for improvement as a grain crop[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cape Verde, Mauritania, Senegal to Sudan and Eritrea; Tanzania, Angola and Madagascar.

HabitatSeasonally moist locations in grassland, ditches, and pond and river margins, often on black clay soils, sometimes occurring in very large, nearly pure stands. In Tanzania it is found at elevations from 1,000 - 1,300 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].