Setaria incrassata
Setaria incrassata
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
A plant of the tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 2,400 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 16 - 30°c, but can tolerate 12 - 36°c[1]. When dormant, the plant can survive temperatures down to about -3°c, but young growth can be severely damaged at -1°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 700 - 1,200mm, but tolerates 500 - 1,300mm[1]. Succeeds in full sun and in light shade[1]. Grows best in a fertile soil[1]. Succeeds in a wide range of soils[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 6.5 - 7.5, tolerating 6.2 - 8.2[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Setaria+incrassata>
Pollinators
Wind
References
- [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
- [2]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎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/