Lasiurus scindicus Henrard

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Lasiurus

Characteristics

A herb. It is a grass that forms tufts. The stems are wiry. It grows 90 cm high. It has underground stems or rhizomes. It keeps growing from year to year.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in dry sandy soils in the Sahel in West Africa. It is drought resistant. It cannot tolerate frost. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 50-250 mm. It can grow in alkaline soil. It can grow in arid places.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The seeds are ground into flour and mixed with other flours. It makes a hard bread.
Uses animal food environmental use food gene source material
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It is grown from seeds. It can be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Lasiurus scindicus world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Singapore, Somalia, Chad, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:406922-1
WFO ID wfo-0000877631
COL ID 3SGVY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Coelorachis hirsuta Manisuris hirsuta Saccharum hirsutum Tripsacum aegilopoides Tripsacum hirsutum Lasiurus ecaudatus Lasiurus scindicus Lasiurus hirsutus subsp. arabicus