Echinochloa obtusiflora Stapf

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Echinochloa

Characteristics

An annual grass. It grows 1 m tall.
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Erect annual up to 1 m. high
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet places and shallow pools in West Africa.
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In shallow pools and wet places.
Wet places and shallow pools.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food food gene source
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Echinochloa obtusiflora world distribution map, present in Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, and Chad

Conservation status

Echinochloa obtusiflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:399713-1
WFO ID wfo-0000865375
COL ID 38H36
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Echinochloa obtusiflora