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Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Cenchrus

Characteristics

Pending.
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A grass.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.55 - 1.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.2
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

River banks in sandy soils, common as a weed.
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It is a subtropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food dye fodder food medicinal wood
Edible flowers seeds stems
Therapeutic use Intoxicant (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 3 - 7
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cenchrus americanus world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Angola, Åland Islands, Andorra, Australia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Botswana, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Fiji, France, Micronesia (Federated States of), Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Montenegro, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malaysia, Namibia, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Puerto Rico, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Paraguay, Réunion, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Togo, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77105978-1
WFO ID wfo-0000917339
COL ID 69GLS
BDTFX ID 119587
INPN ID 717119
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Synonyms

Chaetochloa glauca Holcus spicatus Panicum coeruleum Panicum glaucum Panicum involucratum Panicum spicatum Penicillaria arabica Penicillaria deflexa Penicillaria spicata Pennisetum aureum Pennisetum cereale Pennisetum cinereum Pennisetum gambiense Pennisetum gibbosum Pennisetum leonis Pennisetum plukenetii Pennisetum pycnostachyum Pennisetum spicatum Phleum africanum Setaria glauca Cenchrus americanus Chamaeraphis glauca Ixophorus glaucus Penicillaria involucrata Pennisetum albicauda Pennisetum echinurus Panicum indicum Penicillaria roxburghii Penicillaria solitaria Pennisetum maiwa Setaria sericea Setariopsis glauca Cenchrus spicatus Pennisetum nigritarum var. deflexum Panicum americanum Pennisetum ancylochaete Pennisetum malacochaete
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