Bromus mango

Botanical Description

Bromus mango is an annual to short-lived perennial grass with short rhizomes; forming a small clump, the plant grows 40 - 60cm tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. This species was cultivated as a biennial cereal crop by the Araucana Indians of Chile until at least the middle of the 19th century[ 183 Title Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications Year 1990 ISBN 0-9628087-0-9 Description Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world. ]..