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Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin.

Kyasuma grass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pennisetum

Characteristics

Annual (very rarely perennial in subsp. unispiculum);culms 30–150 cm. high, much branched.. Leaf-blades 5–25 cm. long, 4–15 mm. wide.. Panicle cylindrical, 5–15 cm. long; rhachis with sharp decurrent wings below the involucral scars, glabrous; involucre fluffy, ovate, 0.5–1 cm. long, enclosing 1–5 spikelets at least one of them upon a pedicel 0.5–3.5 mm. long; bristles densely woolly.. Spikelets lanceolate, 3.5–6 mm. long; lower glume lanceolate to oblong, 1–3 mm. long; upper glume as long as the spikelet, apiculate; lower lemma similar but tridentate, male or barren; upper lemma coriaceous, shining, readily deciduous at maturity, obtuse.
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Like P. polystachion except: involucre fluffy, ovate, enclosing 1–5 spikelets, at least one of them on a pedicel 0.5–3.5 mm. long; bristles densely woolly.
Fluffy white or purple inflorescences
Annual up to about 1 m. high
Annual.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Often dominant upon fallow land in the drier savanna.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses animal food fodder material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Optimum temperature (C°) 30 - 35
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Productivity -

Images

Pennisetum pedicellatum unspecified picture

Distribution

Pennisetum pedicellatum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415170-1
WFO ID wfo-0000889043
COL ID 76LJD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 672497
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Synonyms

Pennisetum pedicellatum Pennisetum amoenum Pennisetum dillonii Pennisetum implicatum Eriochaeta densiflora Eriochaeta secundiflora Panicum araneosum Pennisetum araneosum Pennisetum densiflorum Pennisetum lanuginosum Pennisetum lanuginosum var. majus Pennisetum pedicellatum var. amoenum Pennisetum pedicellatum var. pallidum Pennisetum pedicellatum var. pubirhachis Pennisetum pedicellatum subsp. pedicellatum Pennisetum intertextum Pennisetum secundiflorum
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