Poaceae FAMILY

Brachiaria dictyoneura

Edibility

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Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Brachiaria dictyoneura is an evergreen, perennial grass producing a dense cluster of culms that can be geniculate to decumbent, often rooting at the lower nodes. It grows around 40 - 145cm tall, spreading by means of vigorous but slender stolons[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 1140 Title Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae-Paniceae) in Malesia Publication Blumea 41 pp 413-437 1996 Author Veldkamp J.F. Publisher Year 1996 ISBN Description A paper transferring various Brachiaria species to Urochloa, it also gives information on plant uses. ]. The plant is used to provide ground cover and prevent soil erosion.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern and southern Africa - Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Swaziland, S. Africa

HabitatWoody grasslands, well adapted to wet lowlands; at elevations up to 2,300 metres[ 1140 Title Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae-Paniceae) in Malesia Publication Blumea 41 pp 413-437 1996 Author Veldkamp J.F. Publisher Year 1996 ISBN Description A paper transferring various Brachiaria species to Urochloa, it also gives information on plant uses. ].