Pennisetum divisum (J.F.Gmel.) Henrard

Species

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Characteristics

A grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It forms thick clumps. It has short woody rhizomes or underground stems. It grows 1 m high. The plant has a woody base. The stems have angular joints at the nodes. The leaves are rolled. The leaf blades are 7.5 cm long by 1-1.5 mm wide. The flowers are in a spike like head.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

A desert plant. It grows on gravelly and stony soils in Bahrain. It is a desert plant. It grows in dry Saharan areas in West Africa. It can grow in arid places.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Images

Pennisetum divisum unspecified picture

Distribution

Pennisetum divisum world distribution map, present in Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415007-1
WFO ID wfo-0000888849
COL ID 76JSW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gymnotrix longiglumis Panicum dichotomum Pennisetum dichotomum Pennisetum asperifolium Pennisetum dichotomum var. scabrum Pennisetum dichotomum var. subplumosum Pennisetum divisum