Bothriochloa insculpta (hochst. ex A.rich.) A.camus

Sweetpitted grass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Bothriochloa

Characteristics

Perennial, up to 1.5 m high, sometimes stoloniferous; aromatic. Leaf blade 40-300 mm; ligule a fringed membrane, hairs shorter than membrane. Inflorescence digitate or subdigitate, of 3-20 racemes; pedicels and internodes longitudinally grooved with a translucent median line; pedicel hairs 1-3 mm long. Sessile spikelet 4.5-5.0 mm long; dorsiventrally compressed; glumes ± equal, dissimilar; lower glume acute to subacute, flattened on back, 2-keeled, with 1-3 pits in middle; upper glume distinctly keeled. Florets 2; lower floret sterile, reduced to hyaline lemma, awnless; upper floret bisexual, lemma glabrous, entire; awn glabrous, geniculate, longer than body of lemma; callus short, rounded, hairs 1-3 mm long; anther 1.5-2.0 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet up to 5.0 mm long; sterile or male, awnless. Flowering time Oct.-June.
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Perennial up to 1500 mm high, sometimes stoloniferous; aromatic. Leaf blade 40-300 x 2-8 mm; ligule a fringed membrane, hairs shorter than the membrane. Inflorescence axis shorter than racemes; racemes 3-20; pedicel hairs 1-3 mm long. Sessile spikelet 4.5-5.0 mm long; lower glume pitted; callus hairs 1-3 mm long; anthers 1.5-2.0 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets up to 5.0 mm long.
Perennial; up to 1.5 m high; sometimes stoloniferous. Leaf blades 40-300 x 2-8 mm. Flowers: inflorescence subdigitate; axis shorter than racemes; racemes 3-20; pedicel and callus hairs 1-3 mm long; spikelets (sessile) 4.5-5.0 mm long; lower glumes with 1-3 deep pits.
Perennial, sometimes stoloniferous, up to 1.5 m high. Leaf blades 40-300 mm long, 2-8 mm wide. Spikelets (sessile) 4.5-5.0 mm long. Inflorescence axis shorter than racemes; racemes 3-20, pedicel callus hairs 1-3 mm long; lower glumes pitted.
A grass. It grows 1.5 m tall. The leaves are 4-30 cm long by 2-8 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) 0.3
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-4
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fodder food material
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 25
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Bothriochloa insculpta habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Bothriochloa insculpta habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Bothriochloa insculpta habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Bothriochloa insculpta leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Bothriochloa insculpta leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Bothriochloa insculpta leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Bothriochloa insculpta flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Bothriochloa insculpta flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Bothriochloa insculpta flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Bothriochloa insculpta world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Botswana, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, eSwatini, Tunisia, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:392721-1
WFO ID wfo-0000853792
COL ID MN94
BDTFX ID 168258
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Amphilophis insculpta Bothriochloa insculpta Dichanthium insculptum Andropogon bifoveolatus Andropogon subunifoveolatus Andropogon insculptus Andropogon pertusus var. capensis Andropogon pertusus var. insculptus Bothriochloa insculpta var. hirta Bothriochloa insculpta var. insculpta Andropogon pertusus var. hirtus