Poaceae FAMILY

Panicum kalaharense

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Panicum kalaharense is a robust, clump-forming perennial grass with short rhizomes; the culms can be 100 - 200cm 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, S. Africa.

HabitatLocally common in grassland and savannah habitats on sandy soils; also found in disturbed locations such as roadsides; at elevations from 500 - 1,200 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. ].