Acroceras amplectens Stapf

Acroceras (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Acroceras

Characteristics

Weak-stemmed annual; culms 30–100 cm. high, decumbent below and rooting at the glabrous nodes.. Leaf-blades broadly linear, 4–20 cm. long, 3–10 mm. wide, at most obscurely cross-veined, tapering from the cordate or amplexicaul base.. Inflorescence 10–30 cm. long, the racemes 3–12 cm. long, ± divergent, their rhachis glabrous.. Spikelets lanceolate, 4.5–6 mm. long, glabrous, the glumes not separated; upper glume and lower lemma distinctly nipped at the tip.
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A grass. It is a scrambling annual plant. It grows 60-90 cm high. The lower stems can form roots at the nodes.
Scrambling annual 60–90 cm. high, rooting at the lower nodes
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.9
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in marshy places and shallow water. It grows in palm groves and wet grass savannah.
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Marshy places or shallow water.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food food gene source
Edible leaves seeds
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Acroceras amplectens world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Conservation status

Acroceras amplectens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:384505-1
WFO ID wfo-0000841387
COL ID 64M9B
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Synonyms

Acroceras amplectens Brachiaria glycerioides Panicum amplectens Panicum bandunduense Acroceras basicladum Neohusnotia amplectens