Acroceras munroanum (Balansa) Henrard

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial. Culms slender, long, creeping and rooting, the erect tips 15–40 cm tall. Leaf sheaths glabrous or one margin ciliate; leaf blades lanceolate, 3–7 × 0.4–0.9 cm, glabrous or sparsely pilose, base subcordate, margins glabrous, apex acuminate; ligule ca. 0.4 mm. Panicle 4–6 × 2–3 cm; racemes 3–6, short, erect, unbranched; spikelets on short pedicels along racemes and upper part of main axis, usually paired or single toward raceme apex. Spikelets ca. 4 mm, elliptic, stramineous when mature, subglabrous; lower glume broadly ovate, ca. 3.5 mm; upper glume and lower lemma similar, as long as spikelet, 5–7-veined, apex crested, slightly protruding; lower palea hyaline, narrow; upper lemma smooth, shining, 3–3.5 mm. Fl. and fr. Sep–Oct. 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.4
Root system creeping-root
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Acroceras munroanum world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:384521-1
WFO ID wfo-0000841408
COL ID 9LBK
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Synonyms

Acroceras munroanum Panicum crassiapiculatum Panicum munroanum Panicum ridleyi Acroceras crassiapiculatum Acroceras ridleyi Brachiaria crassiapiculatum