Digitaria compacta (roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Digitaria

Characteristics

An annual grass. It grows 80-90 cm tall. The stalks have 8-12 nodes. The leaf blade is 15-30 cm long by 5-10 mm wide. The leaves are hairy. There are 5-20 flowering stalks. They are 5-10 cm long. The spikelets are in threes.
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 0.9
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Environment

A tropical plant.
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Usage

The seeds are used for food.
Uses gene source
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

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Images

Digitaria compacta unspecified picture

Distribution

Digitaria compacta world distribution map, present in Myanmar and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:398718-1
WFO ID wfo-0000863837
COL ID 6D6L4
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Panicum bifasciculatum Panicum corymbosum Panicum schraderi Syntherisma corymbosa Axonopus corymbosus Panicum fasciculare Panicum imperfectum Paspalum corymbosum Paspalum porrigens Reimaria fascicularis Digitaria bifasciculata Digitaria corymbosa Digitaria fascicularis Digitaria villosa Panicum fasciculatum Paspalum compactum Syntherisma corymbosum Panicum sanguinale var. corymbosum Digitaria cruciata var. esculenta Digitaria compacta